About Lakewood Cemetery
Lakewood Cemetery is a cemetery near Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia. It lies about 0.9 mi south of Bowling Green. The grounds sit at about 184 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: William Lewis Maury. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1469105. The nearest other listed cemetery is Green Lawn Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Storke Funeral Home in Bowling Green, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 39 cemeteries we list in Caroline County, and 21 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bowling Green. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Lakewood Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran.
- William Lewis Maury1813-1878Confederate States Navy officer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Lakewood Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
38.06300, -77.34652
What Lakewood 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
- Green Lawn CemeteryBowling Green, VACemetery0.7 mi
- Anderson Family CemeteryBowling Green, VAFamily cemetery2.4 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryBowling Green, VACemetery2.6 mi
- Bethel CemeteryBowling Green, VACemetery4.0 mi
- Beasley CemeteryBowling Green, VACemetery4.8 mi
- Third Mount Zion Church CemeteryWoodford Road, Woodford, VABaptist cemetery5.4 mi
- Mount Lawn CemeteryBowling Green, VACemetery5.5 mi
- Haynes CemeteryBowling Green, VACemetery6.5 mi
- Wright's Burying Ground - CemeteryBowling Green, VACemetery7.0 mi
- First Baptist Church CemetaryBowling Green, VABaptist cemetery7.1 mi
Funeral homes near Lakewood Cemetery
- Storke Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Bowling Green
- Storke Funeral Home - Bowling Green Chapel0.9 miFuneral home · Bowling Green · (804) 633-5661
- C W Edwards Funeral Home, Inc.2.2 miFuneral home · Bowling Green · (804) 633-5506
- Bennett-Brooks Funeral Home, Incorporated11 miFuneral home · Port Royal · (804) 742-9999
- Found and Sons Funeral Chapels and Cremation Service16 miFuneral home · Fredericksburg · (540) 891-9735
- Virginia Cremation Service16 miCremation provider · Fredericksburg · (540) 891-6272
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