Rose Hill Burial Park (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

Rose Hill Burial Park is a historic cemetery in Oklahoma City. It was established in 1915 by Charles H. Moureau and the Harden Realty Company.^[1] A mausoleum at the cemetery was built in 1919.^[2] Gravesites for notable figures in Oklahoma and Oklahoma City's history are part of the cemetery.

The cemetery was vandalized in 1990.^[3] In 2016, Boy Scouts handed out small American flags and helped families locate gravesites on Memorial Day at the cemetery.^[4]

Gravesites[]

Notable gravesites include:

Plato Andros, pro football player
John H. Burford, judge on the Oklahoma Supreme Court
Jan Eric Cartwright, Attorney General of Oklahoma
Cot Deal, MLB player and coach
Scott Ferris, US Representative
William J. Holloway, Governor of Oklahoma
Noah Hutchings, broadcaster
John Jarman, US Representative
Robert S. Kerr, Governor of Oklahoma, later reinterred to family homestead in Ada, Oklahoma
Travis M. Kerr, businessman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner
Glen A. Larson, television writer, creator of Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider and Magnum, P.I.
James V. McClintic, US Representative
Bobby Murcer, MLB outfielder and broadcaster
Jimmy Reece, racecar driver
Gomer Griffith Smith, US Representative
Ulysses S. Stone, US Representative
Joseph Bradfield Thoburn, historian
Roy J. Turner, governor
Lawrence Walsh, lawyer, judge, and US Deputy Attorney General
Jack C. Walton, Governor of Oklahoma
Lloyd Waner, Hall of Fame baseball player
Muriel Hazel Wright, historian of Oklahoma

References[]

^ Kerr, William F.; Gainer, Ina (February 16, 1922). "The Story of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: "the Biggest Little City in the World"". S.J. Clarke.
^ "Thompson v. Rosehill Burial Park". Justia Law.
^ "Grave Stones Overturned At Rose Hill Burial Park". NewsOK.com. September 17, 1990.
^ Price, Crystal (May 31, 2016). "Boy Scouts hand out flags, help families locate graves at Rose Hill Burial Park". KOCO.

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Coordinates: 35°31′53″N 97°32′14″W / 35.5314460°N 97.5372617°W / 35.5314460; -97.5372617

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[1] Kerr, William F.; Gainer, Ina (February 16, 1922). "The Story of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: "the Biggest Little City in the World"". S.J. Clarke.

[2] "Thompson v. Rosehill Burial Park". Justia Law.

[3] "Grave Stones Overturned At Rose Hill Burial Park". NewsOK.com. September 17, 1990.

[4] Price, Crystal (May 31, 2016). "Boy Scouts hand out flags, help families locate graves at Rose Hill Burial Park". KOCO.

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