Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas County by Gloria B. Mayfield

Photos by Charlene Turner Smith

Location: In the northwest part of the city of Lampasas, Texas.

Historical Marker: Oak Hill Cemetery. Hartwell Fountain sold ten acres of land to the city of Lampasas in 1872 to establish this cemetery. Originally known as City Cemetery. It was renamed Oak Hill Cemetery in 1908. The Ladies Cemetery Association. A group of concerned Lampasas women, maintained the cemetery from 1891 to 1948, when the city assumed responsibility. Among those buried here are local pioneers, prominent business people, veterans of wars including the Texas Revolution and the Civil War, and their descendants.

**Photos by Linda Bowden and Carlian Pitman**

Last, First, Birth, Death, Comments Belt, Cerrelle Lee, 1970, 1990 Cole, Clyde Zelda, May 4, 1990 Cole, James Clyde, Oct. 6, 1913, Sep. 12, 1993 Cole, Zelda Jordan, Jun. 20, 1920, Mar. 2, 1996 Cook, Kenneth W., Nov. 5, 1916, Jan. 11, 1972, Texas Sgt US Army WWII Foss, Johnnie Auvin, Jul. 1945, Dec. 1998 Harlien, Leonard L., Jul. 24, 1919, May 19, 1985 King, Eugene, Nov. 18, 1919, May 2, 1987 McGee, Alice M., 1852, 1892 McGee, Johnnie K., 1887, 1980	Last, First, Birth, Death, Comments McGee, Wiley H., 1846, 1933 McGee, William B., 1880, 1960 McGehee, Johnnie R., Dec. 28, 1921, Nov. 16, 1983, Father McGehee, Ruby C., May 26, 1935, Mother Pharr, Edgar M., Apr. 2, 1886, Oct. 17, 1963 Pharr, Jane Smith, Nov. 25, 1886, May 8, 1971 Pharr, Oleta Bowden, Aug. 9, 1909, Nov. 29, 1986 Pharr, Weldon P., Mar. 22, 1910, Jun. 25, 1986 Ross, Alisha Ann, 1977 Rowan, Donnie Lee Jr., 1971, 1971

Oak Hill Cemetery

Lampasas County, Cemeteries of Texas