About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Troy, Pike County, Alabama. It lies about 0.7 mi south of Troy. The grounds sit at about 551 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Charles Henderson, Oliver C. Wiley and Albert Elmore. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 124166. The nearest other listed cemetery is Copeland Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Harrison Funeral Home in Troy, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 106 cemeteries we list in Pike County, and 58 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 11 of the 106 listings in Pike County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Troy. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 governor, 1 US representative.
- Charles Henderson1860-1937American politician, Alabama
- Oliver C. Wiley1851-1917American politician
- Albert Elmore1904-1988American football player and coach, basketball coach
- Laura Montgomery Henderson1867-1940American clubwoman
- Elizabeth Burford Bashinsky1867-1968Civic leader
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakwood 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
31.81955, -85.96891
What Oakwood 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
- Copeland CemeteryTroy, ALCemetery0.2 mi
- Murphree CemeteryTroy, ALCemetery0.7 mi
- Carroll Street CemeteryTroy, ALCemetery0.8 mi
- Sorrell Chapel CemeteryTroy, ALChurch cemetery1.3 mi
- Beulah CemeteryTroy, ALCemetery1.4 mi
- Union Hill CemeteryTroy, ALCemetery1.9 mi
- Kendrick CemeteryTroy, ALCemetery2.7 mi
- Sanders CemeteryTroy, ALCemetery2.7 mi
- Hinson CemeteryTroy, ALCemetery2.7 mi
- Union Hill CemeteryTroy, ALCemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Harrison Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Troy · (334) 566-0940
- George F Grubbs Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Troy · (334) 566-7695
- Dillard Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Troy · (334) 566-1720
- Skeen Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Troy · (334) 566-1321
- Green Hills Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Troy · (334) 670-9604
- Dillard Memorials, LLC8.3 miMonument dealer · Brundidge · (334) 536-0180
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