About Lawson Cemetery
Lawson Cemetery is a cemetery near Big Stone Gap, Lee County, Virginia. It lies about 5.7 mi northeast of Big Stone Gap. The grounds sit at about 1,893 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1484735. The nearest other listed cemetery is Peterson Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Gilliam Funeral Home & Crematory in Big Stone Gap, about 3.6 mi away. It is one of 181 cemeteries we list in Lee County, and 185 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Big Stone Gap. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.80787, -82.79294
What Lawson 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
- Peterson CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery0.2 mi
- Rhoton CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery0.4 mi
- Collier CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery0.9 mi
- Collier CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.1 mi
- Collier CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.6 mi
- Barron CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery1.9 mi
- Gilly CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery2.1 mi
- Carroll CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery2.1 mi
- Clarkston CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery2.2 mi
- Wade CemeteryBig Stone Gap, VACemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Lawson Cemetery
- Gilliam Funeral Home & Crematory3.6 miCremation provider · Big Stone Gap · (276) 523-7000
- Holding Funeral Home4.2 miFuneral home · Big Stone Gap · (276) 523-1470
- Roy A Green Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Appalachia · (276) 565-1250
- Affordable Monuments9.1 miMonument dealer · Duffield · (276) 940-2306
- Hagy & Fawbush Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Norton · (276) 679-0192
- Sturgill/Mullins Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Pennington Gap · (276) 546-1121
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