About Highland Cemetery
Highland Cemetery is a cemetery near Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma. It lies about 1.4 mi north of Durant. The grounds sit at about 656 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Robert L. Williams, Ken Lunday and Harry J. W. Belvin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1093748. The nearest other listed cemetery is Pioneer Cemetery, about 1.8 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home in Durant, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 53 cemeteries we list in Bryan County, and 18 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Durant. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Highland Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 governor.
- Robert L. Williams1868-1948Governor of Oklahoma; politician
- Ken Lunday1912-2005American football player
- Harry J. W. Belvin1900-1986American politician
- William A. Durant1866-1948American politician, Oklahoma
People whose Wikidata entry gives Highland 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
33.97420, -96.37907
What Highland 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
- Pioneer CemeteryDurant, OKCemetery1.8 mi
- Rose Hill CemeteryCalera, OKCemetery3.5 mi
- Cox Chapel CemeteryDurant, OKChurch cemetery6.0 mi
- Brown CemeteryDurant, OKCemetery6.3 mi
- Harrison CemeteryCalera, OKCemetery6.9 mi
- Silo Restland CemeteryDurant, OKCemetery7.3 mi
- Philadelphia CemeteryDurant, OKCemetery7.5 mi
- Burney CemeteryCalera, OKCemetery8.3 mi
- Franklin CemeteryCalera, OKCemetery8.3 mi
- Willis CemeteryCalera, OKCemetery8.3 mi
Funeral homes near Highland Cemetery
- Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Durant · (580) 924-3331
- Gordon Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Durant · (580) 916-9090
- Brown's Funeral Service3.2 miFuneral home · Durant · (580) 920-0393
- Cunningham Funeral Homes11 miFuneral home · Colbert · (580) 296-2262
- American Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Colbert · (580) 296-4663
- Bratcher Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Denison · (903) 465-2323
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