About Mayes Cemetery
Mayes Cemetery is a cemetery near Emporia, Sussex County, Virginia. It lies about 14 mi south of Emporia. The grounds sit at about 180 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1470211. The nearest other listed cemetery is Barnes Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Owen Funeral Home in Jarratt, about 6.9 mi away. It is one of 24 cemeteries we list in Sussex County, and 34 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.
Map
36.89514, -77.53220
What Mayes 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
- Barnes CemeteryEmporia, VACemetery1.5 mi
- Concord CemeteryEmporia, VACemetery2.1 mi
- Trisvan CemeteryEmporia, VACemetery2.3 mi
- Carraway CemeteryDinwiddie, VACemetery2.4 mi
- Rideout CemeteryDinwiddie, VACemetery2.9 mi
- Reed CemeteryDinwiddie, VACemetery3.2 mi
- Bolster CemeteryDinwiddie, VACemetery3.6 mi
- Abernathy CemeteryDinwiddie, VACemetery3.8 mi
- Bain CemeteryDinwiddie, VACemetery4.0 mi
- Jones CemeteryDinwiddie, VACemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Mayes Cemetery
- Owen Funeral Home6.9 miFuneral home · Jarratt · (434) 535-8282
- Jones Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Stony Creek · (434) 246-3171
- Petes Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Stony Creek · (434) 246-6446
- Joseph M Johnson & Son Funeral11 miFuneral home · Mc Kenney · (804) 478-4411
- W L Fields Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Mckenney · (804) 478-4811
- Knox High Mortuary Inc14 miMortuary · Emporia · (434) 634-2353
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