About Oaklawn Cemetery
Oaklawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas. The grounds sit at about 308 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Elisha Baxter, Pearl P. Oldfield and Virgil Young Cook. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 52969. The nearest other listed cemetery is Memorial Park, about 1.0 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Qualls Batesville Funeral Services in Batesville, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 86 cemeteries we list in Independence County, and 39 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Batesville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oaklawn Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 Spanish-American War veteran, 1 US representative.
- Elisha Baxter1827-1899Governor of Arkansas and Union Army officer
- Pearl P. Oldfield1876-1962American politician
- Virgil Young Cook1848-1922American military officer
- Marion Morton Wilson1850-1890Elder sister of Woodrow Wilson
- Stanley Wing Handford1906-1989American physiologist and academic
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oaklawn 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
35.76413, -91.63578
What Oaklawn 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
- Memorial ParkBatesville, ARMemorial park1.0 mi
- Johnson CemeteryBatesville, ARCemetery2.4 mi
- Stark CemeteryBatesville, ARCemetery2.4 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryBatesville, ARCemetery3.3 mi
- Ruddell Hill CemeteryBatesville, ARCemetery3.5 mi
- Alderbrook CemeteryBatesville, ARCemetery3.6 mi
- Reobeth CemeteryBatesville, ARCemetery3.8 mi
- Old Ruddell Hill CemeteryBatesville, ARCemetery3.8 mi
- Egner CemeterySouthside, ARCemetery4.1 mi
- Lees Chapel CemeteryBatesville, ARChurch cemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Oaklawn Cemetery
- Qualls Batesville Funeral Services0.7 miFuneral home · Batesville · (870) 793-3831
- Roller-Crouch Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Batesville · (870) 793-4161
- Willis Funeral Service1.8 miFuneral home · Batesville · (870) 698-1240
- McKenzie Monuments, Inc., Traditional or Cremation Memorials4.2 miMonument dealer · Batesville · (870) 793-3216
- Doty Southside Funeral Service4.8 miFuneral home · Batesville · (870) 569-8185
- Jackson's Newark Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Newark · (870) 799-3201
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