About Childress Cemetery
Childress Cemetery is a cemetery near Alum Creek, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It lies about 2.8 mi west of Alum Creek. The grounds sit at about 1,227 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: John Wesley Conley. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1537315. The nearest other listed cemetery is Brogan Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Curry Funeral Home in Alum Creek, about 3.2 mi away. It is one of 211 cemeteries we list in Kanawha County, and 75 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 211 listings in Kanawha County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Alum Creek. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Childress Cemetery
- John Wesley Conley1820-1874Grandfather of historian Phil Conley
People whose Wikidata entry gives Childress Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
38.29976, -81.75588
What Childress 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
- Brogan CemeteryAlum Creek, WVCemetery0.7 mi
- Hundley CemeteryAlum Creek, WVCemetery1.2 mi
- Childress CemeteryAlum Creek, WVCemetery1.9 mi
- Graceland Memorial ParkDunbar, WVMemorial park2.1 mi
- Tudor CemeteryAlum Creek, WVCemetery2.3 mi
- Hudson - Gillespie CemeteryAlum Creek, WVCemetery2.5 mi
- B'nai Jacob Eternal Home CemeteryDunbar, WVJewish cemetery2.8 mi
- Bays CemeteryDunbar, WVCemetery2.9 mi
- Forks of Coal Memorial ParkAlum Creek, WVMemorial park3.1 mi
- French CemeteryCharleston, WVCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Childress Cemetery
- Curry Brothers Monument Sales3.1 miMonument dealer · Alum Creek · (304) 756-9252
- Curry Funeral Home3.2 miFuneral home · Alum Creek · (304) 756-3111
- Curry Funeral Home, WV4.1 miFuneral home · Alum Creek · (304) 756-3111
- Keller Funeral Home4.2 miFuneral home · Dunbar · (304) 768-1217
- Snodgrass Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Charleston · (304) 768-7324
- Affordable Cremations of West Virginia5.7 miCremation provider · South Charleston · (681) 265-2316
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