About Sparks Cemetery
Sparks Cemetery is a cemetery near Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia. It lies about 14 mi northeast of Welch. The grounds sit at about 1,965 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1547106. The nearest other listed cemetery is Knob Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fanning Funeral Home in War, about 5.4 mi away. It is one of 93 cemeteries we list in McDowell County, and 87 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Welch. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.29122, -81.77816
What Sparks 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
- Knob CemeteryWelch, WVCemetery1.0 mi
- Knob CemeteryRichlands, VACemetery1.0 mi
- Rowe CemeteryWelch, WVCemetery1.6 mi
- Mitchell CemeteryRichlands, VACemetery1.6 mi
- Hagerman CemeteryWelch, WVCemetery1.7 mi
- Rose CemeteryWelch, WVCemetery2.1 mi
- Cole CemeteryRichlands, VACemetery2.1 mi
- Puckett CemeteryWelch, WVCemetery2.2 mi
- Altizer CemeteryRichlands, VACemetery2.3 mi
- Day CemeteryRichlands, VACemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Sparks Cemetery
- Fanning Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · War · (304) 875-4800
- Fanning Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Iaeger · (304) 938-5331
- Fanning Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Welch · (304) 436-4169
- Hurst-Scott Funeral Homes14 miFuneral home · Richlands · (276) 964-4041
- Jones Chapel14 miFuneral home · Cedar Bluff
- Singleton Funeral Service14 miFuneral home · Cedar Bluff · (276) 964-4011
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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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