About Oakview Cemetery
Oakview Cemetery is a cemetery near Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia. It lies about 0.6 mi north of Albany. The grounds sit at about 184 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including William Ephraim Smith, Lott Warren and Nelson Tift. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 319871. The nearest other listed cemetery is Riverside Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Elliott Funeral Home in Albany, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 28 cemeteries we list in Dougherty County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 14 of the 28 listings in Dougherty County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Albany. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakview Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 2 Civil War veterans, 1 journalist.
- William Ephraim Smith1829-1890Confederate Army officer
- Lott Warren1797-1861American politician
- Nelson Tift1810-1891Confederate Navy officer and politician
- Elisabeth Mathews Heyward1795-1862
People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakview 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
31.56962, -84.15241
What Oakview 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
- Riverside CemeteryAlbany, GACemetery0.3 mi
- Albany State University CemeteryAlbany, GACemetery0.5 mi
- Pone's Aiding Society CemeteryAlbany, GACemetery0.6 mi
- Saint Paul's ColumbariumAlbany, GACemetery0.7 mi
- Carver CemeteryAlbany, GAChurch cemetery1.0 mi
- Hines Memorial CME Church CemeteryAlbany, GAChurch cemetery1.0 mi
- Roselawn Garden of Memory CemeteryAlbany, GACemetery1.5 mi
- Floral Memory GardensAlbany, GACemetery3.3 mi
- Crown Hill CemeteryAlbany, GACemetery3.3 mi
- Saint Pauls Baptist Church CemeteryAlbany, GABaptist cemetery4.1 mi
Funeral homes near Oakview Cemetery
- Elliott Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Albany · (229) 436-3553
- Meadows Funeral Home of Albany, Inc.0.6 miFuneral home · Albany · (229) 439-2262
- M. L. King Funeral Directors1.1 miFuneral home · Albany · (229) 435-4813
- Poteat Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Albany · (229) 436-3615
- SWGA Cremation & Funeral Services1.6 miFuneral home · Albany · (229) 888-0554
- J L Litman Memorial Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Albany · (229) 430-8800
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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