About Memorial Oaks Cemetery
Memorial Oaks Cemetery is a cemetery near Mission Bend, Harris County, Texas. It lies about 6.7 mi southwest of Mission Bend. Wikidata records 24 notable people buried here, including Moses Malone, Slater Martin and Robert R. Casey. The nearest other listed cemetery is Beeler Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Memorial Oaks Funeral Home & Cemetery in Houston, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 166 cemeteries we list in Harris County, and 20 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Harris County dates to 1871. 7 of the 166 listings in Harris County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mission Bend. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Memorial Oaks Cemetery
Among them: 6 baseball players, 5 football players, 3 World War II veterans, 2 basketball players, 2 journalists, 1 actor, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Moses Malone1955-2015American basketball player
- Slater Martin1925-2012American basketball player and coach
- Robert R. Casey1915-1986American politician in Texas
- Gino Hernandez1957-1986American professional wrestler
- Leon Jaworski1905-1982American prosecutor
- Russ Haas1974-2001American professional wrestler
- Leon Dmochowski1909-1981Ukrainian American researcher
- Joan Lowery Nixon1927-2003American children's writer and journalist
- Mack McCormick1930-2015American folklorist and musicologist
- Charlie Milstead1937-2022American football player
- Hal Woodeshick1932-2009American baseball player
- Hoot Evers1921-1991American baseball player and coach
Show all 24 notable burials
- Howie Pollet1921-1974American baseball player and coach
- Joe Allbritton1924-2012American businessman and publisher
- John Atwood1923-2008American football player
- Johnny Keane1911-1967Major League Baseball manager
- Johnny Lipon1922-1998American baseball player and coach
- Solly Hemus1923-2017Major League Baseball player and manager
- Frank Vandiver1926-2005American historian
- Hugh Devore1910-1992American football player and coach
- Ray Poage1940-1997American football player
- Weldon Humble1921-1998American football player
- Ronald Owen Durant1934-2021Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1965
- Thad Marsh1926-1981American hospital and university administrator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Memorial Oaks 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
29.78004, -95.61246
What Memorial Oaks 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
- Beeler CemeteryMission Bend, TXCemetery1.1 mi
- Hillendahl-Eggling (Blue Light) CemeteryJersey Village, TXCemetery2.6 mi
- Forest Park Cemetery12800 Westheimer Road, Houston, TXCemetery2.9 mi
- McGee CemeteryMission Bend, TXCemetery3.0 mi
- Bear Creek Methodist CemeteryMission Bend, TXMethodist cemetery3.1 mi
- Koch-Schmidt CemeteryMission Bend, TXChristian cemetery4.1 mi
- Alief CemeteryMission Bend, TXCemetery5.3 mi
- Greater Macedonia Baptist Church CemeteryJersey Village, TXBaptist cemetery5.5 mi
- Baker CemeteryCinco Ranch, TXCemetery6.0 mi
- Saint Peters United Church of Christ CemeteryHouston, TXChurch cemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Memorial Oaks Cemetery
- Memorial Oaks Funeral Home & Cemetery0.3 miFuneral home · Houston · (281) 497-2210
- Dettling Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Houston · (281) 497-2121
- Leal Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 532-6939
- Chapel of Eternal Peace at Forest Park2.6 miFuneral chapel · Houston · (281) 531-8180
- Forest Park Westheimer Funeral Home and Cemetery3.0 miFuneral home · Houston · (281) 497-2330
- Distinctive Life Cremations & Funerals3.4 miFuneral home · Houston · (713) 933-0357
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