About Craighead Cemetery
Craighead Cemetery is a cemetery near Shawsville, Roanoke County, Virginia. It lies about 5.2 mi northwest of Shawsville. The grounds sit at about 2,539 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1465402. The nearest other listed cemetery is King Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Oakey's Funeral Service & Crematory in Cave Spring, about 11 mi away. It is one of 51 cemeteries we list in Roanoke County, and 85 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shawsville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.12846, -80.17559
What Craighead 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
- King CemeteryShawsville, VACemetery0.9 mi
- Simpson CemeteryShawsville, VACemetery1.1 mi
- Thrash Family CemeteryShawsville, VAFamily cemetery2.2 mi
- Kefauver CemeteryShawsville, VACemetery2.4 mi
- Siner CemeteryShawsville, VACemetery2.5 mi
- Lawrence CemeteryCave Spring, VACemetery2.9 mi
- Shaver CemeteryRoanoke, VACemetery3.0 mi
- Shilling CemeteryCave Spring, VACemetery3.7 mi
- Puckett CemeteryShawsville, VACemetery3.8 mi
- Wilson CemeteryRoanoke, VACemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Craighead Cemetery
- Oakey's Funeral Service & Crematory11 miCremation provider · Cave Spring · (540) 989-3131
- Richardson -horne Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Christiansburg · (540) 382-2612
- John M Oakey and Son Funeral Home and Crematory13 miCremation provider · Salem · (540) 389-5441
- Oakey Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Salem
- Horne Funeral Service and Crematory13 miCremation provider · Christiansburg · (540) 382-2612
- McCoy Funeral Home Inc14 miFuneral home · Blacksburg · (540) 552-3211
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