Skip

OAK LAWN CEMETERY

Part of the Sacred Grounds Project, Inc.

Skip to content

Menu

Home
About
- Documents
Lectures
In The News
Contact Us
Interment Database

Memorial Day at Oak Lawn, 2020

Posted on May 25, 2020July 22, 2020

The Southern Claims Commission: David White (1871)

Posted on March 5, 2020June 7, 2020

Oak Lawn Cemetery, Historical Marker

Posted on November 5, 2019July 22, 2020

Memorial Day, 2019

Posted on May 27, 2019July 22, 2020

Duke Magazine (Winter 2018): Alumna takes care of sacred spaces

Posted on February 26, 2019June 11, 2020

Recovering and Preserving African American Cemeteries – National Trust for Historic Preservation, Preservation Leadership Forum

Posted on June 2, 2016July 22, 2020

First Baptist Church – Mahan (org. 1866)

Posted on October 13, 2015July 22, 2020

Visiting Cedar Hill Cemetery (1802)

Posted on February 4, 2015June 9, 2020

Meeting up with Margaret Wynn

Posted on July 9, 2014June 11, 2020

Meeting descendant Margaret Wynn

Posted on June 11, 2014June 11, 2020

Visiting Lauder Skeeter Cemetery

Posted on January 12, 2013June 11, 2020

The Clearing Continues: January 23, 2012

Posted on January 23, 2012July 22, 2020

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on July 13, 2020July 22, 2020
Featured

Oak Lawn Cemetery Mapping Project begins…

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on July 23, 2020
Image

Images of Suffolk: Students and staff of the Nansemond Collegiate Institute, ca. 1907

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on June 29, 2020July 22, 2020

Stories of Old Nansemond: Musician Zachariah Taylor Hunter, Holy Neck

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on June 20, 2020July 22, 2020

Stories of Old Nansemond: The Story of Thomas Riddick

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on June 17, 2020July 22, 2020

In Remembrance of Juneteenth…

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on June 17, 2020July 22, 2020

Protected: The 2nd U. S. Colored Cavalry at Suffolk

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on June 11, 2020July 22, 2020

Stories of Old Nansemond: The Tragedy at Scott’s Creek (1901)

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on June 11, 2020July 23, 2020
Image

Images of Suffolk (ca. 1922)

Library of Virginia

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on May 11, 2020July 23, 2020
Image

Mount Sinai Baptist Church

Photo: Nadia K. Orton, May 11, 2020. All rights reserved.

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on May 7, 2020June 7, 2020

“An interesting letter from the Old Dominion” (1858)

Posts navigation

Page 1 Page 2 … Page 4 Next Page

Images of Suffolk

Images of Suffolk: Students and staff of the Nansemond Collegiate Institute, ca. 1907

Images of Suffolk (ca. 1922)

Memorial Day at Oak Lawn, 2020

Mount Sinai Baptist Church

Mineral Springs Baptist Church, Whaleyville

Oak Lawn Cemetery, Historical Marker

Memorial Day, 2019

Memorial Day, 2018: Three generations…

First Baptist Church – Mahan (org. 1866)

Nansemond Collegiate Institute (1890)

The Clearing Continues: January 23, 2012

Views of Oak Lawn: June, 2011

Copyright Notice

© Nadia Orton and Sacred Grounds Project, Inc., 2011-2020. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from Nadia Orton, this blog’s author, is strictly prohibited.

Search

Search for:

Contact Information

Oak Lawn Cemetery
Suffolk, VA 23434

(804) 617-6981

Monday-Friday: 10am-5pm
Saturday: 11-3pm
oaklawncemeterysuffolk@gmail.com

Recent Posts

Images of Suffolk: Students and staff of the Nansemond Collegiate Institute, ca. 1907

July 23, 2020
Oak Lawn Cemetery Mapping Project begins…

July 13, 2020
Stories of Old Nansemond: Musician Zachariah Taylor Hunter, Holy Neck

June 29, 2020
Stories of Old Nansemond: The Story of Thomas Riddick

June 20, 2020
In Remembrance of Juneteenth…

June 17, 2020

Recent Comments

Robert L. Cobb, III. on Oak Lawn Cemetery approved for…

Archives

July 2020 (2)
June 2020 (6)
May 2020 (3)
April 2020 (5)
March 2020 (3)
February 2020 (1)
December 2019 (1)
November 2019 (1)
October 2019 (1)
September 2019 (1)
August 2019 (1)
June 2019 (1)
May 2019 (3)
March 2019 (2)
February 2019 (2)
January 2019 (1)
May 2018 (1)
June 2016 (1)
October 2015 (1)
February 2015 (1)
July 2014 (1)
June 2014 (1)
January 2013 (2)
January 2012 (1)
June 2011 (1)

Tags

1st U. S. Colored Cavalry 2nd U. S. Colored Cavalry 36th U. S. Colored Infantry African American cemeteries African American Civil War Memorial Albert Britt Family - Como NC Central State Hospital church Civil War community Como NC Confederacy David White Family Decoration Day Del. Cliff Hayes discrimination Dr. William t. Fuller Duke University East Suffolk Recreation Center education Exum White Family Family History Featured First Baptist Church - Mahan (1866) Free African Americans Free Persons of Color Friends of Oak Lawn Cemetery - Suffolk (VA) Genealogy gentrification George Lee Richards Sr. Georgia HB 2311 Hertford County NC Historical highway marker history Holy Neck Borough - Suffolk (VA) Korean War Lupus nephritis Macedonia AME Church - Suffolk VA Margaret Wynn Memorial Day Moses A. Riddick Mt. Calvary Cemetery Complex (Portsmouth VA) Nansemond Collegiate Institute Nansemond County North Carolina Oak Lawn Cemetery Oaklawn Cemetery Association Oak Lawn Cemetery Descendants oral history Orton perpetual care Portsmouth preservation Pullman Porters Rev. Jordan Thompson Rev. William Washington Gaines Richmond (VA) Roper Family - Suffolk VA Seaboard Air Line Railroad segregation Sewah Studios Southern Claims Commission Suffolk VA Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Tuskegee Airmen U. S. Colored Troops U. S. Marine Corps Union Army - Civil War veterans Virginia Virginia Cemeteries Virginia Department of Historic Resources WWI WWII

Hours & Info

Oak Lawn Cemetery
Suffolk, VA 23434

804-617-6981

Mon-Fri: 10am - 5pm
Saturday: 11am-3pm

Copyright Notice

© Nadia Orton and Sacred Grounds Project, Inc., 2011-2020. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from Nadia Orton, this blog’s author, is strictly prohibited.

Friends of Oak Lawn Cemetery

Friends of Oak Lawn Cemetery

Sacred Grounds Project, Inc.

Sacred Grounds Project, Inc.

African American Cemeteries of Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina

African American Cemeteries of Tidewater Virginia and North Carolina

Facebook
Facebook
Facebook
Facebook
Facebook
Facebook
Instagram

Blog at WordPress.com.

Post to

Cancel