About Wakefield Cemetery
Wakefield Cemetery is a cemetery near Waverly, Sussex County, Virginia. It lies about 7.5 mi northwest of Waverly. The grounds sit at about 95 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1690262. The nearest other listed cemetery is Spratley Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the northeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is R.W. Baker & Company Funeral Home and Crematory in Wakefield, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 24 cemeteries we list in Sussex County, and 11 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
36.97098, -76.98579
What Wakefield 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
- Spratley CemeteryWaverly, VACemetery1.9 mi
- Booker T Memorial ParkWaverly, VAMemorial park2.8 mi
- Ivor CemeteryWindsor, VACemetery6.4 mi
- Stephenson CemeteryWindsor, VACemetery7.0 mi
- Waverly CemeteryWaverly, VACemetery7.8 mi
- Union Hill CemeteryWaverly, VACemetery7.9 mi
- Elam CemeteryWaverly, VACemetery8.0 mi
- Cypress Baptist Church CemeterySurry, VABaptist cemetery8.9 mi
- Mount Moriah CemeterySurry, VACemetery8.9 mi
- Mill Swamp CemeteryIsle of Wight, VACemetery9.6 mi
Funeral homes near Wakefield Cemetery
- R.W. Baker & Company Funeral Home and Crematory1.1 miCremation provider · Wakefield · (757) 899-2971
- Peace Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Waverly · (804) 834-2219
- Poole's Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Smithfield · (757) 357-4742
- Engram Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Courtland · (757) 653-2452
- Shivers Funeral Chapel18 miFuneral chapel · Smithfield · (757) 357-9500
- Chapman - JT Fisher Funeral Services19 miFuneral home · Smithfield · (757) 357-2326
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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