About Elam Cemetery
Elam Cemetery is a cemetery near Waverly, Sussex County, Virginia. It lies about 8.5 mi north of Waverly. The grounds sit at about 102 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1690199. The nearest other listed cemetery is Union Hill Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Peace Funeral Home in Waverly, about 8.3 mi away. It is one of 24 cemeteries we list in Sussex County, and 12 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Waverly. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.91418, -77.11279
What Elam 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
- Union Hill CemeteryWaverly, VACemetery1.5 mi
- Easter CemeterySussex, VACemetery3.1 mi
- Oakland CemeterySussex, VACemetery3.4 mi
- Butts CemeteryCourtland, VACemetery6.7 mi
- Hickory Hill CemeterySussex, VACemetery7.1 mi
- Newville CemeteryWaverly, VACemetery7.7 mi
- New Hope CemeterySussex, VACemetery7.8 mi
- Wakefield CemeteryWaverly, VACemetery8.0 mi
- Sebrell-Reese CemeteryCourtland, VACemetery8.6 mi
- Waverly CemeteryWaverly, VACemetery9.0 mi
Funeral homes near Elam Cemetery
- Peace Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Waverly · (804) 834-2219
- R.W. Baker & Company Funeral Home and Crematory8.4 miCremation provider · Wakefield · (757) 899-2971
- Engram Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Courtland · (757) 653-2452
- Jones Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Stony Creek · (434) 246-3171
- Petes Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Stony Creek · (434) 246-6446
- Engram Funeral Hme Inc19 miFuneral home · Franklin · (757) 562-1306
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