About Bowen Cemetery
Bowen Cemetery is a cemetery near Emporia, Greensville County, Virginia. It lies about 6.0 mi east of Emporia. The grounds sit at about 171 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1463703. The nearest other listed cemetery is New Hope Zion Cemetery, about 3.5 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Echols Funeral Home in Emporia, about 5.2 mi away. It is one of 19 cemeteries we list in Greensville County, and 22 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Emporia. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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36.70486, -77.64859
What Bowen 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
- New Hope Zion CemeteryEmporia, VACemetery3.5 mi
- Powell CemeteryLawrenceville, VACemetery4.1 mi
- Cordle CemeteryEmporia, VACemetery4.1 mi
- Round Hill CemeteryEmporia, VACemetery4.7 mi
- Jones CemeteryEmporia, VACemetery4.9 mi
- Harrison CemeteryEmporia, VACemetery5.2 mi
- Emporia CemeteryEmporia, VACemetery5.6 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryEmporia, VACemetery5.9 mi
- Greensville Memorial CemeteryEmporia, VACemetery6.0 mi
- Falling Run CemeteryEmporia, VACemetery6.3 mi
Funeral homes near Bowen Cemetery
- Echols Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Emporia · (434) 634-2633
- R. E. Pearson and Son Funeral Home6.4 miFuneral home · Emporia · (434) 634-2162
- Knox High Mortuary Inc6.4 miMortuary · Emporia · (434) 634-2353
- Brown's Funeral Service12 miFuneral home · Lawrenceville · (434) 848-3141
- Pearson-Jones Funeral Services12 miFuneral home · Lawrenceville · (434) 848-3128
- Williams Funeral Home &Crematory12 miCremation provider · Lawrenceville · (434) 848-2113
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