Find A Grave - Oklahoma County

Almon, Baylee b. April 18, 1994 d. April 19, 1995
Disaster Victim. One year-old victim of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. A widely-published photograph of her injured body in the arms of firefighter Chris Field came to symbolize the children who were lost in the tragedy. The photo won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography.
Cause of death: Murdered
Kolb Cemetery, Spencer, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Section 1, Plot 134
Andros, Plato Gus b. November 28, 1921 d. September 22, 2008
Professional Football Player. Selected in the seventh round of the 1947 National Football League draft by the Los Angeles Rams, he appeared in 45 games over four seasons with the Chicago Cardinals. A standout defensive guard at the University of Oklahoma, he earned All-American honors in 1946. He served in the United States Coast Guard during the Second World War, hunting German submarines in the Atlantic Ocean. He was the brother of former Oregon State University head coach [Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Anthony, Charles Ross 'C. R.' b. August 10, 1884 d. June 16, 1976
Businessman. Founder of the Anthony's chain of department stores. An orphan of a Tennessee farming family, Anthony started his career in retail with the J. C. Penney Company. In 1918 he partnered with the J. P. Martin Company in Cleveland, OK. Four years later he liquidated his shares in Martin and opened his own company in Cushing on Sept. 1, 1922 with $10,000 in inventory of family clothing. Unable to use his own name in certain areas due to contractual obligations to his former partner...[Read More] (Bio by: Cemetery Guy)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Section 4B lot 6 space 5
Barnard, Kate b. May 23, 1875 d. 1930
Pioneer Politician, Social Reformer, Folk Figure. Born in Nebraska, Kate Barnard spent most of her childhood in Kansas, where family dislocation and financial failure clouded her early life. After Barnard and her father moved to Oklahoma Territory in the 1890s, Kate had stints as a schoolteacher and a stenographer before she discovered her life's work in politics and social reform. Kate Barnard was already an active social reformer when she was elected as Oklahoma's first Commissioner of...[Read More] (Bio by: Barry Sharpe)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Braniff, Paul R. d. June 1, 1954
Businessman. Along with brother Thomas Braniff, he co-founded Braniff International Airlines, serving as itsGeneral Manager until his death. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Canton, Frank b. 1849 d. September 27, 1927
Notorious outlaw and lawman of the wild west. Widely remembered for his part in the Johnson County Wars of the 1890's as the Sheriff employed by the Cattle Barons who battle the smaller but tough cattle ranchers which the Cattle Barons considered "Rustlers." (Bio by: Curt Benge)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Cargill, Henson b. February 5, 1941 d. March 24, 2007
Country Music Singer. While attending Colorado State University, he sang at local dances and became popular with the college crowd. In 1962 he accepted a hosting job for the nationally syndicated television show "The Country Hayride". Cargill's biggest hit single was "Skip a Rope" (1968), which sold over 1 million copies. He received a Grammy nomination and won the ASCAP Achievement Award. His other hits included "Row Row Row," "None of My Business" and "The Most Uncomplicated Good-Bye I've...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Clarke, Sidney b. October 16, 1831 d. June 18, 1909
Civil War Veteran US Congressman. Served in the Civil War in the Union Army first as an Assistant Adjutant of Volunteers, then as a Captain and assistant Provost Marshal General for the territory that included Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and the Dakota Territory. Elected to Represent Kansas as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1865 to 1871. He served as Chairman of the Committee for Indian Affairs, exerting much influence on US Policy towards the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Cramer, Francis Lytle b. 1835 d. February 20, 1890
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War first as 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant of the 1st Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry. He later was transferred to the 1st Alabama (Union) Volunteer Cavalry regiment (made up of Unionist Alabamans), where he rose to the rank of Major. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for “gallant and meritorious services during the war”. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Block 7, Lot 166
Crews, John R. b. March 8, 1923 d. September 25, 1999
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Served as a Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company F, 253d Infantry, 63d Infantry Division. Near Lobenbacherhof, Germany on April 8, 1945, his company came under heavy enemy machinegun and automatic rifle fire. Storming a well dug in position single handedly, he killed 2 of the machinegun crew at pointblank range with his M 1 rifle. Although badly wounded from enemy crossfire he charged the remaining enemy positions and with accurate rifle fire...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Resthaven Gardens Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
GPS coordinates: 35.3601608, -97.5238266 (hddd.dddd)
Edmondson, James Howard b. September 27, 1925 d. November 17, 1971
US Senator, Oklahoma Governor. Served during World War II in the United States Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1945. Served as Governor of Oklahoma from 1959 to 1963, when he resigned to accept the appointment to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Robert S. Kerr. Served in the Senate from 1963 to 1964, but not nominated for re-election to the seat. He was the younger brother of Oklahoma Congressman and Senator Edmond Augustus Edmondson. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: section 10, lot 240
Ferris, Scott b. November 3, 1877 d. June 8, 1945
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1901, commenced law practice in Lawton, Oklahoma and was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1904 and 1905. In 1907, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving until 1921. He did not seek renomination, resumed his law practice and was the Democratic National Committeeman from Oklahoma from 1924 to 1940. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Flynn, Dennis Thomas b. February 13, 1861 d. June 19, 1939
US Congressman. Elected to Represent OK as a Territorial Delegate in the United States House of Representatives prior to the State’s admission to the Union, serving from 1893 to 1897, then from 1899 to 1903. Ran for the 1908 Republican nomination for US Senator, but was defeated. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Gilmer, William Franklin b. June 7, 1901 d. June 9, 1954
US Congressman. Known as “Dixie Gilmer”. Elected to Represent OK’s 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1949 to 1951. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Goldman, Sylvan Nathan b. November 15, 1898 d. November 25, 1984
Goldman invented the first shopping cart in 1936. He owned a chain of Oklahoma City grocery stores called Humpty-Dumpty.
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Blk 6
Gore, Thomas Pryor b. December 10, 1870 d. July 19, 1949
US Senator. Despite being totally blind from an accident while a child, he served two separate times in the United States Senate for a total of 20 years. Elected to the United States Senate from Oklahoma upon that State’s admission to the Union, serving from 1907 to 1921, and serving of several important committees during World War I. Defeated for re-election in 1921, he ran again in 1930, and was again elected to the US Senate. He served his second term from 1930 to 1937. Unsuccessful in his...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Harreld, John William b. January 24, 1872 d. December 26, 1950
US Senator. Elected to the United States Senate from Oklahoma to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Joseph B. Thompson, serving from 1921 to 1927. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Higginbotham, Doris Adele Mattox b. December 15, 1950 d. April 19, 1995
Murder Victim. Victim of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1995, by Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh. (Bio by: K)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Hill, Robert Potter b. April 18, 1874 d. October 29, 1937
US Congressman. Represented two different States in the United States House of Representatives on two separate occasions. Elected to Represent Illinois’ 25th District, serving from 1913 to 1915. Elected to Represent OK’s 5th District serving from January to October 1937, when he died in office. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Holloway, William Judson b. December 15, 1888 d. January 28, 1970
Oklahoma Governor. After serving in the army at the end of World War I, he was elected to the Oklahoma Senate, where he served from 1920 to 1926. While serving as Acting Lieutenant Governor, he was elected Lieutenant Governor and served from 1927 to 1929. When the state legislature impeached and removed Governor Henry Simpson Johnston from office in 1929, Holloway became Governor. He pushed for the expansion of child labor laws, a modern mining code, and the reorganization of the state highway...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA

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