Oklahoma is a large state, and it can be said that Memorial Park Cemetery is easily one of the largest cemeteries in this southern section of the United States. Hundreds of acres of sprawling lawns personify one of the largest and oldest cemetery grounds in all of Oklahoma, and perhaps surrounding states as well. Staff at Memorial Park Cemetery have been meeting the needs of Tulsa, Tulsa County and surrounding community residents since 1927. The cemetery offers multiple options for burial and services for a wide number of denominations, cultural traditions, and beliefs. Memorial Park Cemetery offers upright as well as flat markers, cremation gardens, cremation niches, and mausoleums as well as traditional burial options. The sprawling lawn grounds of Memorial Cemetery Park are dotted with solid stone structures that personify strength, comfort and stability. A World War I Memorial Obelisk as well as the Memorial Park Belltower are well known and often visited landmarks within Tulsa County and set the grounds of Memorial Park Cemetery apart from others in the area. Memorial Park Cemetery also serves as a final resting place to many area residents, politicians, artists and actors, including religious figures and celebrities such as Sam Kinison, televangelist James Hargis, and U.S. Congressman Wesley Disney. The grounds also serve as a final resting place of many sports figures as well as singers including James Robert Wills, Cal Tinney and major league baseball player Carl Morton. Staff at Memorial Park Cemetery have served the community with compassion and dignity for decades and will continue to do so well into the 21st century. Groundskeepers take pride in the upkeep and maintenance of the hundreds of acres that comprise the cemetery grounds. Located southeast of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, the immense grounds of Memorial Park Cemetery may be accessed via Interstate Route 44, or State Route 51, the Broken Arrow Expressway, or State Route 169, known as the Mingo Valley Expressway, with a turnoff onto Memorial drive. The rural location for one of the largest cemeteries in the state is surrounded by several country clubs and golf courses, and provides a sense of seclusion, peace and solitude for visitors. |