Suffolk, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Oak Lawn Cemetery
Photographed By Cynthia L. Clark, October 4, 2020
1. Oak Lawn Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Oak Lawn Cemetery. . Seven African American trustees acquired land here in 1885 and established Oak Lawn Cemetery. Community leaders interred here include John W. Richardson, president of the Phoenix Bank of Nansemond; Wiley H. Crocker, founder of the Tidewater Fair Association and Nansemond Development Corporation; William W. Gaines, Baptist minister and founder of the Nansemond Collegiate Institute; Fletcher Mae Howell, Baptist missionary; Dr. William T. Fuller, physician and banker; and William H. Walker, Tuskegee Airman. Also buried here are late-19th-century local politicians, United States Colored Troops, and veterans of World Wars I and II, Korea, and Vietnam.
Seven African American trustees acquired land here in 1885 and established Oak Lawn Cemetery. Community leaders interred here include John W. Richardson, president of the Phoenix Bank of Nansemond; Wiley H. Crocker, founder of the Tidewater Fair Association and Nansemond Development Corporation; William W. Gaines, Baptist minister and founder of the Nansemond Collegiate Institute; Fletcher Mae Howell, Baptist missionary; Dr. William T. Fuller, physician and banker; and William H. Walker, Tuskegee Airman. Also buried here are late-19th-century local politicians, United States Colored Troops, and veterans of World Wars I and II, Korea, and Vietnam.
Erected 2019 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number K-163.)
Location. 36° 43.878′ N, 76° 35.364′ W. Marker is in Suffolk, Virginia. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Market Street and Henley Place, on the right when traveling west. Located on the west side of the Municipal Parking Lot. Touch for map.
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Marker is at or near this postal address: 440 Market Street, Suffolk VA 23434, United States of America. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. Installed on October 4, 2019, K-163 Oak Lawn Cemetery was ceremoniously unveiled by the Historic Oak Lawn Cemetery Foundation on October 6, 2019, according to the Suffolk News-Herald.
Photographed By Cynthia L. Clark, October 4, 2020
2. K-163 Oak Lawn Cemetery.
The viewer is looking eastward along Market Street.
Photographed By Cynthia L. Clark, October 4, 2020
3. Oak Lawn Cemetery Marker
The marker stands near the curve in the road where Market Street changes to Henley Place. A corner of Suffolk’s City Hall building is pictured left and the Police Precinct No. 1 is pictured at its right.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 8, 2020, by Cynthia L. Clark of Suffolk, Virginia. This page has been viewed 274 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on October 8, 2020, by Cynthia L. Clark of Suffolk, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.