About Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Tyler, Smith County, Texas. The grounds sit at about 571 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Horace Chilton, Richard B. Hubbard and Earle Bradford Mayfield. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1343041. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brooks Sterling & Garrett Funeral Directors in Tyler, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 142 cemeteries we list in Smith County, and 55 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 142 listings in Smith County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Tyler. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Among them: 3 US representatives, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 US senators, 1 governor.
- Horace Chilton1853-1932American politician
- Richard B. Hubbard1832-1901Governor of Texas from 1876 to 1879
- Earle Bradford Mayfield1881-1964American politician
- Gordon J. Russell1859-1919American congressman for Texas
- William S. Herndon1835-1903American politician
- George W. Whitmore1824-1876American politician
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
32.35402, -95.30939
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.
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Funeral homes near Oakwood Cemetery
- Brooks Sterling & Garrett Funeral Directors0.3 miFuneral home · Tyler · (903) 592-0886
- Community Funeral Home of Tyler0.8 miFuneral home · Tyler · (903) 526-5555
- Jackson's-Burks-Walker-Tippit Funeral Directors0.8 miFuneral home · Tyler · (903) 592-6553
- Lloyd James Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Tyler · (903) 597-6611
- aCremation2.2 miCremation provider · Tyler · (903) 730-6167
- Carrillo Funeral Homes2.4 miFuneral home · Tyler · (903) 630-6267
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