About Forbis Cemetery
Forbis Cemetery is a cemetery near Emory, Rains County, Texas. It lies about 0.6 mi southwest of Emory. The grounds sit at about 505 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1889938. The nearest other listed cemetery is Emory City Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home in Emory, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 38 cemeteries we list in Rains County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Emory. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
32.87845, -95.75580
What Forbis Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Emory City CemeteryEmory, TXMunicipal cemetery0.7 mi
- Hopewell CemeteryEmory, TXCemetery0.8 mi
- Danley CemeteryEmory, TXCemetery1.1 mi
- Prairie Grove CemeteryEmory, TXCemetery1.9 mi
- Campbell CemeteryEmory, TXCemetery2.3 mi
- Robertson-Henrys Chapel CemeteryEmory, TXChurch cemetery2.5 mi
- Rocky Point CemeteryEmory, TXCemetery2.8 mi
- Prospect CemeteryEmory, TXCemetery3.4 mi
- Pilgrim Rests CemeteryGunter, TXCemetery3.8 mi
- Daugherty CemeteryEmory, TXCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Forbis Cemetery
- Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Emory · (903) 473-3545
- Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Alba · (903) 765-2311
- Bartley's Lone Oak Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Lone Oak · (903) 662-5131
- Bartley Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Grand Saline · (903) 962-3333
- Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Sulphur Springs · (903) 885-3133
- Hiett's Lybrand Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Wills Point · (903) 873-2242
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