About Tom Sparks Cemetery
Tom Sparks Cemetery is a cemetery near Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia. It lies about 16 mi northeast of Welch. The grounds sit at about 2,251 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1547107. The nearest other listed cemetery is Vance Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fanning Funeral Home in Iaeger, about 8.9 mi away. It is one of 93 cemeteries we list in McDowell County, and 107 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
37.34094, -81.84511
What Tom 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
- Vance CemeteryGilbert Creek, WVCemetery1.0 mi
- Payne CemeteryGilbert Creek, WVCemetery1.3 mi
- Woods CemeteryWelch, WVCemetery1.5 mi
- Mitchell CemeteryWelch, WVCemetery1.6 mi
- Mullins CemeteryGilbert Creek, WVCemetery1.6 mi
- Day CemeteryWelch, WVCemetery1.8 mi
- Vance CemeteryGilbert Creek, WVCemetery1.9 mi
- Keen CemeteryGrundy, VACemetery2.1 mi
- Keen CemeteryWelch, WVCemetery2.1 mi
- Roe CemeteryWelch, WVCemetery2.2 mi
Funeral homes near Tom Sparks Cemetery
- Fanning Funeral Home8.9 miFuneral home · Iaeger · (304) 938-5331
- Fanning Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · War · (304) 875-4800
- Virginia Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Grundy · (276) 935-2611
- Fanning Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Welch · (304) 436-4169
- Grundy Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Grundy · (276) 935-4572
- Shortridge-Ramey Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Grundy · (276) 935-6107
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