Registry is complete through December 1983

Oaklawn Cemetery

Sulphur,  Oklahoma

Index

A-B-C

D-E-F

G-H-I

J-K-L

M-N

O-P-Q

R-S

T-U-V

W-X-Y-Z

The Murray County courthouse was built shortly after statehood in Sulphur.  The area chosen had a small cemetery located on it.  There is no record if the cemetery ever had a name.  After  the site was chosen, the cemetery was moved to the current location 3 miles north of Sulphur, on 14th Street.

African American Burials

Section 15-North, in the northeast corner of Oaklawn Cemetery,  was a separate portion of the Sulphur Cemetery.  It was reserved for African American burials.  It is now included as part of the main cemetery.  All know burials up to the date of registry are included and there is no notation of race of the  interred.

This registry was taken by the Arbuckle Historical Society in 1983.  It has been reorganized here in alphabetical order  for clarity and speed in finding names quickly.  You may consult the Society  for the original registry.  This registry was taken in section and rows where additional genealogical information can be gathered by the location and order of interments.  This is useful in the search for family members buried close by with different surnames.

I did not find my grandmothers grave listed.  Did she have a stone to begin with?  Was a stone put there years later, after 1983.  Was the original monument a wooden plank?  Was the only marker one of those flimsy funeral home markers?  Was she buried in this cemetery or just lived here for a while.  Was she buried in another county cemetery?  Was she buried in another county or State?  Are you sure of the spelling of her name or was she married again?  If you don't know - I don't either!

Grave of Clark David Gardner

Chief of the Choctaw Nation

Arbuckle Historical Society,  201 S. 4th,  Davis, OK 73030 - Phone #  580-369-2518

Arbuckle Historical Society,  402 W. Muskogee, Sulphur, OK 73086 

Phone #  580 - 622-5593

City of Sulphur
City Clerk
600 W. Broadway
Sulphur, Ok 73086