A visit to the Lamar Memory Gardens ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Lamar Memory Gardens ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lamar Memory Gardens:
33.7757, -88.1175
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Lamar Memory Gardens can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Lamar Memory Gardens is located in Lamar County<2>.
The county seat for Lamar County is located in Vernon. Vernon lies just to the south southeast of the Lamar Memory Gardens .
Open a Google Map centered on the Lamar Memory Gardens.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Lamar Memory Gardens.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Lamar Memory Gardens, with the nearest first.
- Springfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Springfield Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Cemetery
- Wofford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Wofford Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wofford Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- Furnace Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Furnace Hill Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill Cemetery
- Vernon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Vernon Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Cemetery
- Morton Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Emmaus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Emmaus Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaus Cemetery
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Pisgah Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Fellowship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Fellowship Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Nebo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Nebo Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo Cemetery
- Sailor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Sailor Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sailor Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sailor Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Vernon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #25951 <5>
- Oakes Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Oakes Chapel Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes Chapel Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Holliday Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Holliday Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- New Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The New Church Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Church Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Nebo Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Nebo Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- South Carolina Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Lamar Memory Gardens.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Lamar Memory Gardens, with the nearest first:
- Vernon
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hightogy
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hightogy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightogy
- Bedford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bedford is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Sulligent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gattman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gattman is located in Monroe County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Kirkland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kirkland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bluff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Beaverton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caledonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fernbank
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fernbank is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
- Belk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Belk is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Greenwood Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Millport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kennedy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kennedy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Splunge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Splunge is located in Monroe County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Splunge
- Fayette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Old Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Old Town is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Guin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Detroit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kolola Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kolola Springs is located in Lowndes County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kolola Springs
- Gu - Win
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gu - Win is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gu - Win
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Lamar Memory Gardens. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lamar County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Lamar Memory Gardens.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Guin
- Guin lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Lamar Memory Gardens.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Guin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guin
- Kennedy
- Millport
- Sulligent
- Vernon
- Winfield
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Lamar Memory Gardens:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Lamar County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Lamar Memory Gardens:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #121351 (Lamar Memory Gardens)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #121351 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Lamar
- Est. Elev: 127 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Vernon
- Location given for Lamar Memory Gardens:
- Lat: 33.775665 Lon: -88.1175302
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lamar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lamar Memory Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |