News
2008 News Archives
2008 President's Message*
- Nov 22
Work Day
Volunteers Documented Tombstones
- Nov 1 & 2
Walking Tour -- Murder, Mayhem, and Misadventure Tour Part II
- May 24
Storm Damage Cleanup
Volunteers converged on Oakwood Cemetery to clean up leaf and branch debris. Volunteers toiled for 3 hours, bagging some 85 bags of debris.
- May 14
Storm Damage
A recent storm tore through Austin on May 14, leaving downed
trees and scattered branches across Oakwood Cemetery and Oakwood
Cemetery Annex.
- May 17 & 18
Walking Tour
The tours focused on Old Austin families that are buried along the Main
Street of Oakwood Cemetery.
- March 1 & 2
Walking Tour
In observance of Texas Independence Day, Save Austin's Cemeteries (SAC) conducted walking
tours at Oakwood Cemetery in Austin spotlighting those connected to the fight for Texas
Independence and buried in this historic cemetery. These people include Joseph Baker, Susanna
Dickinson, William Custard, Francis Dieterich, John Duval, George Glasscock, John Swisher,
Thomas Green, George Hancock, Andrew Neill, and John Rabb. Read their biography's on the
Oakwood's Residents page.
