About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Wewoka, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It lies about 2.4 mi north of Wewoka. The grounds sit at about 889 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Vance Trimble and George Childers Crump. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1096168. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sand Creek Cemetery, about 1.8 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Phillips Funeral Service in Wewoka, about 2.2 mi away. It is one of 68 cemeteries we list in Seminole County, and 23 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wewoka. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 journalist, 1 Pulitzer Prize winner, 1 World War II veteran.
- Vance Trimble1913-2021American journalist
- George Childers Crump1875-1949American judge
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
35.12341, -96.49250
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
- Sand Creek CemeteryWewoka, OKCemetery1.8 mi
- Middle Creek CemeteryHoldenville, OKCemetery3.1 mi
- Jacobs CemeteryHoldenville, OKCemetery3.3 mi
- Westwood CemeteryWewoka, OKCemetery3.5 mi
- Cully CemeteryWewoka, OKCemetery3.6 mi
- Tate Mountain CemeteryWewoka, OKCemetery3.7 mi
- Scipio CemeteryWewoka, OKCemetery4.7 mi
- Shawnego CemeteryHoldenville, OKCemetery4.9 mi
- Ong CemeteryWewoka, OKCemetery5.2 mi
- Buchner Memorial CemeteryHoldenville, OKCemetery5.6 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Bethel Monument Company1.0 miMonument dealer · Seminole · (800) 921-1176
- Phillips Funeral Service2.2 miFuneral home · Wewoka · (405) 257-3321
- Myers Mortuary2.5 miMortuary · Wewoka · (405) 257-3849
- Fisher Funeral Home5.7 miFuneral home · Holdenville · (405) 379-5500
- Hudson Phillips Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Holdenville · (405) 379-5422
- Swearingen Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Seminole · (405) 382-3456
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