About Ames Cemetery
Ames Cemetery is a cemetery near Newport News, Suffolk City, Virginia. It lies about 7.2 mi north of Newport News. The grounds sit at about 20 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1478101. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wright Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Sturtevant Funeral Home in Suffolk, about 1.4 mi away. It is one of 27 cemeteries we list in Suffolk City, and 26 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 27 listings in Suffolk City have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newport News. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.88128, -76.46736
What Ames 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
- Wright CemeteryNewport News, VACemetery1.3 mi
- Belleville CemeteryPortsmouth Heights, VACemetery1.8 mi
- Triangle CemeteryPortsmouth Heights, VACemetery2.1 mi
- Mount Zion CemetaryNewport News, VACemetery2.4 mi
- New Hope Baptist Church CemeteryPortsmouth Heights, VABaptist cemetery3.1 mi
- Meadowbrook Memorial GardensPortsmouth Heights, VAMemorial park3.6 mi
- Little Zion CemeterySuffolk, VACemetery4.3 mi
- Graves of Lysander Kingman familyPortsmouth Heights, VAFamily cemetery5.7 mi
- Olive Branch CemeteryPortsmouth Heights, VACemetery6.5 mi
- Campbell's Chapel AME Church CemeteryCarrollton, VAChristian cemetery6.5 mi
Funeral homes near Ames Cemetery
- Sturtevant Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Suffolk · (757) 483-4392
- R.W. Baker & Company Funeral Home and Crematory1.8 miCremation provider · Suffolk · (757) 483-1316
- Baker Foster Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Suffolk
- Meadowbrook Memorial & Cremation Gardens3.6 miCremation provider · Suffolk · (757) 488-4971
- Loving Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Portsmouth · (757) 484-3373
- R D Jenkins and Son Funeral Chapel, Inc.4.4 miFuneral chapel · Chesapeake · (757) 660-1040
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