About Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Jasper, Walker County, Alabama. It lies about 1.7 mi south of Jasper. The grounds sit at about 443 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 11 notable people buried here, including George Lindsey, William Brockman Bankhead and John H. Bankhead. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 124113. The nearest other listed cemetery is Walker Memory Gardens Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Collins-Burke Funeral Home in Jasper, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 97 cemeteries we list in Walker County, and 40 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jasper. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oak Hill Cemetery
Among them: 6 US representatives, 2 US senators, 2 World War II veterans, 1 actor, 1 football player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 writer.
- George Lindsey1928-2012American actor, television personality, writer, narrator, speaker
- William Brockman Bankhead1874-1940American politician
- John H. Bankhead1842-1920American politician
- John H. Bankhead II1872-1946American politician
- Tom Bevill1921-2005American politician
- Carl Elliott1913-1999American congressman
- Walter W. Bankhead1897-1988American congressman for Alabama
- Carter Manasco1902-1992American politician
- Henry M. Bankhead1876-1957
- Leonard P. Burton1918-1991Ph.D. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1951
- Tallulah James Bankhead1844-1922
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oak Hill Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Oak Hill 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
- Walker Memory Gardens CemeteryJasper, ALCemetery0.6 mi
- New Prospect CemeteryJasper, ALCemetery0.9 mi
- Jasper Memorial CemeteryJasper, ALCemetery1.3 mi
- Lollar CemeteryJasper, ALCemetery2.9 mi
- Copeland CemeteryJasper, ALCemetery3.3 mi
- Cross Roads CemeteryJasper, ALCemetery3.6 mi
- South Lowell CemeteryJasper, ALCemetery4.0 mi
- Samaria Baptist Church CemeteryJasper, ALBaptist cemetery4.2 mi
- Reid CemeteryJasper, ALCemetery4.4 mi
- Edgil Grove Baptist Church CemeteryJasper, ALBaptist cemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Oak Hill Cemetery
- Collins-Burke Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Jasper · (205) 384-5571
- Kilgore Green Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Jasper · (205) 384-9503
- SouthSide Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Jasper · (205) 265-3636
- Faith Chapel Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Jasper · (205) 384-9680
- Peaceful Rest Memorial Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Jasper · (205) 384-3277
- Freeman-Hood Funeral Services7.4 miFuneral home · Jasper · (205) 483-8267
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