About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee. The grounds sit at about 351 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Joseph W. Folk, David Alexander Nunn and William West Bond. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1296211. The nearest other listed cemetery is Rosenwald Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brownsville Funeral Home in Brownsville, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 64 cemeteries we list in Haywood County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Brownsville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 Civil War veterans, 2 US representatives, 1 governor.
- Joseph W. Folk1869-1923American politician
- David Alexander Nunn1833-1918American politician
- William West Bond1884-1975American politician
- William Wirt Vaughan1831-1878American politician
- Benjamin J. Lea1833-1894American politician
- William Kinney1863-1940American lawyer and politician
- A. D. Bright1838-1898American judge
- Linus Romulus Leonard1781-1841
- Ophelia Lasak Cuthbert1829-1899Heiress
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
35.59099, -89.26820
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
- Rosenwald CemeteryBrownsville, TNCemetery1.0 mi
- Knights of Pythias CemeteryBrownsville, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Magnolia CemeteryBrownsville, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Israel CemeteryBrownsville, TNCemetery1.3 mi
- Richards CemeteryBrownsville, TNCemetery1.9 mi
- Haywood County Memorial GardensBrownsville, TNMemorial park2.8 mi
- Prospect CemeteryBrownsville, TNCemetery3.7 mi
- Saint Paul CemeteryBrownsville, TNCemetery4.1 mi
- Harris CemeteryBrownsville, TNCemetery4.3 mi
- Hess CemeteryBrownsville, TNCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Brownsville Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Brownsville · (731) 772-1551
- Rawls Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Brownsville · (731) 772-1472
- Lea & Simmons Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Brownsville · (731) 772-8880
- Bells Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Bells · (731) 663-2766
- Maury City Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Alamo · (731) 656-2113
- Currie & Apple's Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Alamo · (731) 696-4111
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