About Oaklawn Cemetery
Oaklawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Tenaha, Shelby County, Texas. It lies about 9.9 mi northwest of Tenaha. The grounds sit at about 299 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1364307. The nearest other listed cemetery is Henrietta Cemetery, about 1.8 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Watson & Sons Funeral Home in Center, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 127 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 60 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Tenaha. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.82406, -94.15103
What Oaklawn 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
- Henrietta CemeteryTenaha, TXCemetery1.8 mi
- Blunt CemeteryTenaha, TXCemetery2.3 mi
- Blount CemeteryTenaha, TXCemetery2.4 mi
- First United methodist Church CemeteryTenaha, TXMethodist cemetery2.6 mi
- Fairview CemeteryTenaha, TXCemetery2.7 mi
- Smith CemeteryTenaha, TXCemetery2.9 mi
- Asbury Chapel CemeteryTenaha, TXChurch cemetery2.9 mi
- Good Hope CemeteryTenaha, TXCemetery3.1 mi
- Prairie View CemeteryTenaha, TXCemetery3.2 mi
- North JericheTenaha, TXCemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Oaklawn Cemetery
- Watson & Sons Funeral Home0.1 miFuneral home · Center · (936) 598-4331
- Mangum Funeral Home2.9 miFuneral home · Center · (936) 598-3341
- Hicks Mortuary2.9 miMortuary · Center · (936) 598-3865
- Community Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · Center · (936) 598-9000
- Taylor Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Timpson · (936) 254-2424
- Garrison Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · Garrison · (936) 347-2260
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