About Sweeney Cemetery
Sweeney Cemetery is a cemetery near Prosperity, Raleigh County, West Virginia. It lies about 3.7 mi east of Prosperity. The grounds sit at about 1,847 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1547795. The nearest other listed cemetery is Williams Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Blue Ridge Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens in Mt Hope, about 4.0 mi away. It is one of 128 cemeteries we list in Raleigh County, and 121 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Prosperity. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.84761, -81.26733
What Sweeney 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
- Williams CemeteryProsperity, WVCemetery0.6 mi
- Biggs CemeteryBradley, WVCemetery1.1 mi
- Turner CemeteryProsperity, WVCemetery2.0 mi
- Maynor CemeteryBradley, WVCemetery2.0 mi
- Daniel CemeteryProsperity, WVCemetery2.2 mi
- William CemeteryBradley, WVCemetery2.4 mi
- Maynor CemeteryBradley, WVCemetery2.4 mi
- Tyree CemeteryBradley, WVCemetery2.5 mi
- Clay CemeteryProsperity, WVCemetery2.5 mi
- Harper CemeteryProsperity, WVCemetery2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Sweeney Cemetery
- Blue Ridge Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens4.0 miFuneral home · Mt Hope · (304) 256-8625
- Sears Monument Company5.5 miMonument dealer · Beckley · (304) 253-6480
- Melton Mortuary and Cremation Center6.1 miCremation provider · Beckley · (304) 253-8100
- Blue Ridge Funeral Home6.2 miFuneral home · Beckley · (304) 256-8625
- Tyree Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Mt Hope · (304) 877-6454
- Blue Ridge Funeral Home Memorial Gardens & Cremations6.5 miFuneral home · Beckley · (304) 683-3216
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