Rose Hill Burial Park (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
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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:
- Scott Ferris, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- John H. Burford, judge on the Oklahoma Supreme Court
- Noah Hutchings, broadcaster
- Joseph Bradfield Thoburn, historian
- Muriel Hazel Wright, historian of Oklahoma
- John Jarman, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Glen A. Larson, television writer, creator of Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider and Magnum, P.I.
- Bobby Murcer, Major League Baseball outfielder and broadcaster
- Gomer Griffith Smith, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Ulysses S. Stone, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Roy J. Turner, governor
- Travis M. Kerr, businessman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner
- Jan Eric Cartwright, Attorney General 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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