About Ward Cemetery
Ward Cemetery is a cemetery near Rusk, Nacogdoches County, Texas. It lies about 11 mi west of Rusk. The grounds sit at about 322 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1376636. The nearest other listed cemetery is Martin Cemetery, about 2.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Dickie Allen Funeral Home in Cushing, about 7.1 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Nacogdoches County, and 45 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rusk. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.78823, -94.95688
What Ward 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
- Martin CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery2.3 mi
- Looney CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery2.6 mi
- Woodville CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery3.3 mi
- Sacul CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery3.3 mi
- Atoy CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery3.5 mi
- Cornelius CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery3.6 mi
- Woodville CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery3.7 mi
- McKnight Church CemeteryRusk, TXChurch cemetery4.8 mi
- Pleasant Holly CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery4.9 mi
- Smith CemeteryRusk, TXCemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Ward Cemetery
- Dickie Allen Funeral Home7.1 miFuneral home · Cushing · (936) 326-4531
- Allen Funeral Service, Inc.11 miFuneral home · Alto · (936) 858-4111
- Wallace Thompson Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Rusk · (903) 683-2222
- Autry Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (903) 586-6262
- Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors20 miFuneral home · Nacogdoches · (936) 564-7333
- Boren-Conner Funeral Home22 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (903) 586-2213
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