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Tift County, Georgia Cemetery Records & Burial Search

Search cemetery names, burial records, grave details, and local archive context for Tift County, Georgia from one focused county hub.

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County archive snapshot

Tift County Overview

13

Cemeteries

8

Indexed Records

13

Mapped Cemetery Sites

Quick answer

How do I search Tift County cemetery and burial records?

Use this page as the county-level filter between the statewide archive and individual cemetery lookups. Start with the cemetery directory, compare the source mix and burial depth, then run a focused search for the exact cemetery or person name you need.

Research focus

Top Signal 13 active cemetery pages surfaced.
Best Next Step Review the cemetery directory or use the map below to isolate coordinates.

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Search by person name

Start with a full name when the county is already likely.

Compare cemetery pages

Review cemetery cards before opening a specific profile.

Use map context

Use mapped locations to understand the local cemetery spread.

Verify official details

Confirm sensitive burial, veteran, or grave-location details with official sources.

County overview

About Tift County Cemetery Records & Burial Search

Tift County, Georgia contains 13 documented cemeteries including municipal grounds, church burial sites, and family plots spread across the county archive. This page connects 8 burial records with cemetery locations, grave detail, and military service context where available. Tift Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum is one of the strongest current archive entry points for this county, with record coverage reaching back to 1930 in the current dataset. Use the cemetery directory below to browse all locations, or move into the burial record section when you already know the surname or full name you need.

Use this county archive to move from broad Tift County cemetery research into specific cemetery locations, burial-record matches, source labels, and official verification paths.

Cemetery Pages Surfaced

13 Active

Active cemetery profile pages currently surfaced in the Tift County index.

Veteran-Linked Burial Records

8 Military

Burial records in this county currently carrying military branch or service-related context.

Source Rows Grouped

16 Indexed

Cemetery source rows currently grouped into public archive labels. Source-row counts may be higher than cemetery-page counts when multiple public-source rows point to the same county archive.

County map

Tift County map overview

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Tift Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum Oak Ridge Cemetery Eldorado Baptist Church Cemetery Fletcher Cemetery Greenwood Cemetery Harding Cemetery Hickory Springs Cemetery Lawrence Cemetery Mount Vernon Cemetery Rutland Cemetery Salem Cemetery Smith Cemetery Ty Ty Baptist Church Cemetery
TIFT COUNTY 13 highlighted cemetery pins from the live county archive.
13 mapped cemetery locations plotted where coordinates are available. Use pins to jump straight into individual cemetery pages.

County center reference: 31.4442, -83.5268

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Note: Map pins show cemetery-location context, not exact grave coordinates.

Source note

Cemetery locations and burial records are not the same

Tift County may have strong cemetery-location coverage even when person-level burial records are limited. Use this directory to find the likely cemetery first, then verify sensitive burial, veteran, or grave-location details with official cemetery, county, VA/NCA, or primary-source records.

County cemetery index

Tift County Cemetery Directory

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Note on spelling variations: Some cemetery names may appear in slightly different spellings across source datasets (e.g., "Oak Ridge" vs "Oakridge"). Verify the official name before relying on the record.

Tift Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum

USGS
Burial records indexed: 3
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
Era: 1930 - 2021 Open cemetery profile

Oak Ridge Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 2
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
Era: 1936 - 2021 Open cemetery profile

Gray Cemetery

VA

📍 TY TY, GA

Burial records indexed: 1
Source label: VA
Map status: Needs verification
Era: 1951 - 2021 Open cemetery profile

Leila Methodist Church Cemetery

VA

📍 OMEGA, GA

Burial records indexed: 1
Source label: VA
Map status: Needs verification
Era: 1934 - 2022 Open cemetery profile

Salem Memorial Garden

VA

📍 TIFTON, GA

Burial records indexed: 1
Source label: VA
Map status: Needs verification
Era: 1938 - 2021 Open cemetery profile

Eldorado Baptist Church Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Fletcher Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Greenwood Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Harding Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Hickory Springs Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Lawrence Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Mount Vernon Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Rutland Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Salem Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
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Smith Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
Open cemetery profile

Ty Ty Baptist Church Cemetery

USGS
Burial records indexed: 0
Source label: USGS
Map status: Map available
Open cemetery profile

Burial record snapshot

Burial Records in Tift County, Georgia

These person-level records can help when you already have a likely name, cemetery, date range, or military-service clue. Use them as starting points, then verify sensitive details with the cemetery, county office, veteran resource, or primary source.

Bailey S Lavender

🪦 Leila Methodist Church Cemetery

Lifespan: 1934-11-19 - 2022-02-27
Military branch: US MARINE CORPS
Note: Verify sensitive details
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Connie Lee Talley

🪦 Oak Ridge Cemetery

Lifespan: 1936-03-26 - 2021-10-06
Military branch: US ARMY
Note: Verify sensitive details
View burial record

Carlton Gray

🪦 Gray Cemetery

Lifespan: 1951-04-08 - 2021-08-10
Military branch: US AIR FORCE
Note: Verify sensitive details
View burial record

Darrell L Cosper

🪦 Salem Memorial Garden

Lifespan: 1938-08-31 - 2021-06-05
Military branch: US ARMY
Note: Verify sensitive details
View burial record

David Art Holden

🪦 Tift Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum

Lifespan: 1949-02-10 - 2021-01-18
Military branch: US ARMY
Note: Verify sensitive details
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Carol Jann Coppock

🪦 Tift Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum

Lifespan: 1954-12-11 - 2020-12-16
Military branch: US ARMY
Note: Verify sensitive details
View burial record

Firenza Samarai Kelley

🪦 Oak Ridge Cemetery

Lifespan: 1987-09-25 - 2020-05-22
Military branch: US ARMY
Note: Verify sensitive details
View burial record

Charles Francis Douglas

🪦 Tift Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum

Lifespan: 1930-07-16 - 2018-10-22
Military branch: US AIR FORCE
Note: Verify sensitive details
View burial record
Best use: start with the cemetery card above when place context is still uncertain. Use these burial links when the person name is already likely tied to this county.

Surname index

Surname Index for Tift County

These surname links surface recurring family names already present in the county burial archive. They are useful when the cemetery is still unknown but the last name is likely tied to this county.

Surnames are generated from currently indexed burial records and may not represent every family name connected to this county.

Lavender (1) Talley (1) Gray (1) Cosper (1) Holden (1) Coppock (1) Kelley (1) Douglas (1)

Veteran burial records

Veteran-Linked Burial Records in Tift County, Georgia

This block shows burial records that currently include military branch or service-context fields in the archive. Use these entries as research leads and verify official veteran burial details with the appropriate VA/NCA, cemetery, or primary record source.

Bailey S Lavender

🪦 Leila Methodist Church Cemetery

US MARINE CORPS

1934-11-19 - 2022-02-27 Rank: CPL

Connie Lee Talley

🪦 Oak Ridge Cemetery

US ARMY

1936-03-26 - 2021-10-06 Rank: SP3

Carlton Gray

🪦 Gray Cemetery

US AIR FORCE

1951-04-08 - 2021-08-10 Rank: SGT

Darrell L Cosper

🪦 Salem Memorial Garden

US ARMY

1938-08-31 - 2021-06-05 Rank: SP4

David Art Holden

🪦 Tift Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum

US ARMY

1949-02-10 - 2021-01-18 Rank: SP4

Carol Jann Coppock

🪦 Tift Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum

US ARMY

1954-12-11 - 2020-12-16 Rank: PV2

Firenza Samarai Kelley

🪦 Oak Ridge Cemetery

US ARMY

1987-09-25 - 2020-05-22 Rank: PFC

Charles Francis Douglas

🪦 Tift Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum

US AIR FORCE

1930-07-16 - 2018-10-22 Rank: SSGT

Official lookup guides

Official Source Verification Paths for Tift County

Use these verification paths when a cemetery name, map location, or veteran-linked burial record needs confirmation from a stronger official or institutional source.

Official cemetery source

Use the USGS guide for Tift County

Open the official USGS lookup guide with this county context to validate cemetery place names and mapped locations before drilling deeper.

Official burial source

Use the VA burial guide for Tift County

Use the official VA locator guide when this county archive surfaces veteran-linked burial rows and service-related details.

Continue browsing

Best Next Clicks From Tift County

Use these next-step links when you want to continue from Tift County into the most relevant cemetery, person-name, statewide, or official-source path.

Top cemetery page

Tift Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum

3 burial records and stronger place-level archive depth.

Top cemetery page

Oak Ridge Cemetery

2 burial records and stronger place-level archive depth.

Person-name search

Search Tift County burial records

Use a full name plus Tift County to separate likely matches before expanding into statewide results.

Broaden scope

Return to Georgia archive

Move up one level when you need nearby counties, more cemetery options, or broader genealogy search context.

How to research this county

How to Find Cemetery Information in Tift County

Tift County works best as a narrowing layer. Instead of trying to search all records at once, move from county overview into cemetery names and then into individual burial records when the archive shows person-level matches.

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Review cemetery density before searching names

  1. Start with the top cemetery list on this page to see which locations have the clearest burial-record coverage.
  2. Compare source labels such as USGS or VA before deciding where to search deeper.
  3. Use the county map and cemetery cards together to avoid broad, low-context searching.

02

Run focused person searches after choosing the likely cemetery

  1. Search a full first and last name once you have a likely cemetery or county context.
  2. Use military branch hints and date ranges to separate close name matches.
  3. Return to the Georgia archive if you need to compare this county with neighboring areas.

Frequently asked

Tift County Archive FAQs

This county FAQ section is designed to answer common archive questions before users widen their search into nearby counties or move down into specific cemetery pages.

How do I search cemetery records in Tift County?

Start with the cemetery directory on this page, compare the cemetery count, record depth, and veterans tags, then move into the individual cemetery page once you find the strongest match.

How many cemeteries are mapped in Tift County?

13 cemetery locations are currently mapped in Tift County, Georgia, with 13 carrying latitude and longitude context.

Does Tift County include burial records as well as cemetery names?

Yes. This county archive combines cemetery counts with burial record coverage where source datasets include person-level information.

Are Tift County burial records free to access?

Yes. Cemetery Finders presents county, cemetery, and burial-detail pages from public-source archive data without requiring an account or paid lookup.

How many Tift County burial records include military branch context?

8 burial records in this county currently include military branch or service-context fields where the source archive provides them. This should be treated as veteran-linked archive context, not a complete official count of all veterans buried in Tift County.