About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. It lies about 3.4 mi southeast of Fort Worth. The grounds sit at about 571 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 16 notable people buried here, including Adrienne Ames, Euday L. Bowman and Charles K. Bell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1343045. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Trinity Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Shannon Funeral Chapels in Fort Worth, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 145 cemeteries we list in Tarrant County, and 80 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fort Worth. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 World War II veterans, 1 actor, 1 football player, 1 baseball player, 1 business leader, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 journalist, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Adrienne Ames1907-1947American actress
- Euday L. Bowman1887-1949American composer
- Charles K. Bell1853-1913American politician
- Luke Short1854-1893American businessman
- Thomas Neville Waul1813-1903American lawyer and politician
- K. M. Van Zandt1836-1930Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans from 1919 to 1921
- Tim Curry1938-2009Americann attorney
- Horace S. Carswell, Jr.1916-1944Air Force Medal of Honor recipient
- Jim Courtright1845-1887American lawman, outlaw and gunfighter
- Joe Pate1892-1948American baseball player
- John Y. T. Smith1831-1903American businessman and politician
- Louis J. Wortham1859-1927American journalist and legislator
Show all 16 notable burials
- Dunbar R. Ransom1831-1897American Army officer
- John Bunyan Slaughter1848-1928American rancher and banker
- Richard B. Dunbar1886-1968American college football player and coach, military officer, civil engineer
- Ted D. Hackney1888-1971American football and basketball coach
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
32.76957, -97.34779
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
- Old Trinity CemeteryFort Worth, TXCemetery0.2 mi
- Hebrew CemeteryRiver Oaks, TXJewish cemetery0.9 mi
- Pioneers Rest CemeteryFort Worth, TXCemetery1.1 mi
- Greenwood Memorial Park and MausoleumRiver Oaks, TXMemorial park1.2 mi
- Sunset TerraceHaltom City, TXCemetery2.3 mi
- Garden of Everlasting LoveHaltom City, TXCemetery2.3 mi
- Live Oak TerraceHaltom City, TXCemetery2.3 mi
- Garden of the GospelsHaltom City, TXChristian cemetery2.3 mi
- Garden of Abiding LoveHaltom City, TXCemetery2.3 mi
- Companion GardensHaltom City, TXCemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Shannon Funeral Chapels0.4 miFuneral home · Fort Worth · (817) 624-2191
- Calvario Funeral Chapel0.5 miFuneral chapel · Fort Worth · (817) 624-2191
- Carrillo Funeral Home - North Fort Worth0.8 miFuneral home · Fort Worth · (817) 740-9091
- Greenwood Funeral Homes and Cremation1.2 miFuneral home · Fort Worth · (817) 336-0584
- Greenwood's Live Oak Chapel1.2 miFuneral home · Fort Worth · (817) 336-0584
- Mortuary Financial Services1.2 miMortuary · Fort Worth · (817) 850-9800
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