About Oaklawn Cemetery
Oaklawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. It lies about 4.4 mi north of Jacksonville. The grounds sit at about 20 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Pat Frank, W. Haydon Burns and Scott Loftin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 288018. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oaklawn Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hardage-Giddens Oaklawn Chapel in Jacksonville, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 108 cemeteries we list in Duval County, and 74 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 11 of the 108 listings in Duval County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jacksonville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oaklawn Cemetery
Among them: 3 football players, 2 baseball players, 2 governors, 2 journalists, 1 musician, 1 US senator, 1 writer.
- Pat Frank1907-1964American writer
- W. Haydon Burns1912-1987American politician
- Scott Loftin1878-1953American politician
- Connie Haines1921-2008American singer
- Harrison Reed1813-18999th Governor of Florida
- Ryan Freel1976-2012American baseball player
- Don Bessent1931-1990American baseball player
- John Acosta1898-1929American football player
- Tuffy Thompson1914-2000American football player
- Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith1882-1939American football player
- Gladys Pumariega Soler1930-1993Cuban American pediatrician
- Maddie Clifton1990-1998Murdered American child
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
30.26912, -81.64620
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
- Oaklawn CemeteryJacksonville, FLCemetery0.4 mi
- Mount Zion AME Church CemeteryJacksonville, FLMethodist cemetery0.6 mi
- Lakewood United Methodist Church Memory GardenJacksonville, FLChristian cemetery0.7 mi
- Phillips Craig Swamp Cemetery3149 Saint Augustine Road, Jacksonville, FLCemetery1.9 mi
- San Jose Catholic Church ColumbariumJacksonville, FLChristian cemetery1.9 mi
- Greenlawn CemeteryJacksonville, FLChristian cemetery2.4 mi
- Jerusalem Baptist CemeteryJacksonville, FLBaptist cemetery2.5 mi
- Saint Nicholas CemetaryJacksonville, FLCemetery2.6 mi
- Live Oak CemeteryJacksonville, FLCemetery2.7 mi
- St. Nicholas CemeteryJacksonville, FLCemetery2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Oaklawn Cemetery
- Hardage-Giddens Oaklawn Chapel0.1 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (904) 737-7171
- Q L Douglas Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (904) 551-9030
- Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (904) 346-3808
- Sarah L Carter's Funeral Home, Inc.1.2 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (904) 399-4150
- Hardage - Giddens Greenlawn Funeral Home and Cemetery2.6 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (904) 396-2522
- George H. Hewell and Son Funeral Homes2.7 miFuneral home · Jacksonville · (904) 737-4855
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