About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas. The grounds sit at about 404 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Aaron Allston, Roger Q. Mills and Beauford H. Jester. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1343040. The nearest other listed cemetery is Modrall Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Corley Funeral Home in Corsicana, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 89 cemeteries we list in Navarro County, and 23 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Corsicana. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 2 football players, 1 artist, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 US senator, 1 World War I veteran, 1 World War II veteran.
- Aaron Allston1960-2014American writer
- Roger Q. Mills1832-1911Confederate Army officer and politician
- Beauford H. Jester1893-1949American politician
- Luther Alexander Johnson1875-1965United States Congressman from Texas
- Rufus Hardy1855-1943American politician
- George Taylor Jester1847-1922American politician
- Francis Marion Martin1830-1903American politician
- Bob Wilson1913-1999American football player
- Herold J. Weiler1886-1945United States Army officer
- Isaac N. Brown1817-1889Confederate Navy commander
- Jack Sisco1904-1983American football official
- Mary Jane McLean Bullock1898-1978American artist
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
32.09815, -96.47450
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
- Modrall CemeteryCorsicana, TXCemetery0.4 mi
- Calvary CemeteryCorsicana, TXCemetery1.2 mi
- Corsicana Hebrew CemeteryCorsicana, TXJewish cemetery1.3 mi
- Woodland CemeteryCorsicana, TXCemetery1.3 mi
- Zion Rest CemeteryCorsicana, TXCemetery2.0 mi
- Pettys Chapel CemeteryCorsicana, TXChurch cemetery2.8 mi
- Cunningham CemeteryCorsicana, TXCemetery3.4 mi
- Providence CemeteryCorsicana, TXCemetery3.6 mi
- Hamilton Beeman CemeteryCorsicana, TXCemetery3.7 mi
- Black Hills CemeteryCorsicana, TXCemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Corley Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Corsicana · (903) 874-3755
- M R Smith Parlor For Funerals1.1 miFuneral home · Corsicana · (903) 872-8075
- Ross & Johnson Mortuary1.1 miMortuary · Corsicana · (903) 872-4661
- Emanuel-Scott Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Corsicana · (903) 874-3789
- M.R. Smith Parlor For Funerals1.3 miFuneral home · Corsicana · (903) 872-8075
- Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Corsicana · (903) 874-4774
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