About Ward Cemetery
Ward Cemetery is a cemetery near Richlands, Buchanan County, Virginia. It lies about 12 mi southeast of Richlands. The grounds sit at about 1,650 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1497487. The nearest other listed cemetery is Compton Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Virginia Funeral Home in Grundy, about 8.6 mi away. It is one of 115 cemeteries we list in Buchanan County, and 87 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Richlands. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.24126, -81.91219
What Ward 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
- Compton CemeteryGrundy, VACemetery1.3 mi
- Rife CemeteryRichlands, VACemetery1.6 mi
- Brown CemeteryGrundy, VACemetery3.1 mi
- Cantrell CemeteryGrundy, VACemetery3.2 mi
- Mullins CemeteryGrundy, VACemetery3.4 mi
- Compton CemeteryRichlands, VACemetery3.5 mi
- Compton Mountain CemeteryRichlands, VACemetery3.7 mi
- Stacy CemeteryRichlands, VACemetery4.0 mi
- Horne CemeteryWelch, WVCemetery4.6 mi
- White CemeteryRichlands, VACemetery4.7 mi
Funeral homes near Ward Cemetery
- Virginia Funeral Home8.6 miFuneral home · Grundy · (276) 935-2611
- Grundy Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Grundy · (276) 935-4572
- Hurst-Scott Funeral Homes12 miFuneral home · Richlands · (276) 964-4041
- Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Grundy · (276) 935-6107
- Jones Chapel13 miFuneral home · Cedar Bluff
- Singleton Funeral Service13 miFuneral home · Cedar Bluff · (276) 964-4011
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