About Necessary Cemetery
Necessary Cemetery is a cemetery near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia. It lies about 8.9 mi northeast of Tazewell. The grounds sit at about 2,018 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1485812. The nearest other listed cemetery is Martin Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Tazewell, about 8.5 mi away. It is one of 95 cemeteries we list in Tazewell County, and 56 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Tazewell. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.99761, -81.58483
What Necessary 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
- Martin CemeteryTazewell, VACemetery0.8 mi
- Caldwell CemeteryTazewell, VACemetery0.9 mi
- Mitchell CemeteryClaypool Hill, VACemetery1.8 mi
- Crabtree CemeteryClaypool Hill, VACemetery2.4 mi
- Ratcliff CemeteryClaypool Hill, VACemetery2.4 mi
- Holmes CemeteryClaypool Hill, VACemetery2.8 mi
- Keister CemeteryClaypool Hill, VACemetery2.8 mi
- Buchanan CemeteryMarion, VACemetery3.6 mi
- Gillespie CemeteryMarion, VACemetery3.9 mi
- Osborne CemeteryClaypool Hill, VACemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Necessary Cemetery
- Hurst-Scott Funeral Home8.5 miFuneral home · Tazewell · (276) 988-7579
- Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Tazewell · (276) 988-4190
- Bradley's Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Marion · (276) 783-1019
- Singleton Funeral Service12 miFuneral home · Cedar Bluff · (276) 964-4011
- Virginia Monument Company12 miMonument dealer · Marion · (276) 782-1999
- Gillespie Monument12 miMonument dealer · Marion · (276) 783-4272
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