Union Grove/Kear Memorial Cemetery

Also known as Ford Cemetery
Cleveland County, Oklahoma

© 2002-07 Belinda Wright & Area Coordinators
Updated as needed
This cemetery is located on SE 104th Street, west of Anderson Rd, on the north side. From I-40 or I-240, go east from the city. Take the Anderson Rd exit. Go south on Anderson Rd to SE 104th {stop sign}. Go west {right} on SE 104th about 1/2 mile.

This cemetery was created from land that was part of Charles Ford's original land run homestead. It has been owned by the Kear family for the last 100 years. It is a closed community cemetery, allowing burials only of relatives of people already buried there.This is in the community of Schwartz {part of far SE Oklahoma City} and used to be known as Union Grove community.

There are several graves marked only with rocks. A number of these are World War I soldiers that were killed in battle.
If you have family buried in this cemetery and would like to add their information, an obit, tombstone photo, funeral home record or memorial card to this website, please send the area coordinator an e-mail. Locations are listed below. Those that are known to be intered here but have no marked location can be found at the bottom of the this page


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SURNAME	FIRST MI	BORN	DIED	COMMENTS
--Row 1 West side going South to North:-
KEAR	Douglas Wayne "Doug"	Mar 10, 1960	Jan 12, 1995	a man very much loved from everyone who knew him We love you daddy
--Next row going South to North--
KEAR	Scottie Allen	06-07-1986	06-08-1986
KEAR	Daniel Lavern	Oct 12, 1965	Dec 20, 1986
Next row going South to North
MITCHELL	baby			No dates
TANKSLEY	Elgin Edward, Sr.	May 28, 1923	Mar 26, 1984	Pfc US Army WW II H of Modene
TANKSLEY	Modene	Feb 7, 1926	Aug 6, 1997	W of Elgin
CURNUTT	Aulbrie Lynn	12-01-1998	02-01-2000	14 months
WALSH	Frank Joseph III	May 4, 1968	Apr 8, 1995	Our beloved Frank's life in Christ continues to challenge and inspire
Next row going South to North
MITCHELL	Richard Delbert	Feb 10, 1922	Oct 25, 1983	Pfc US Army WW II
Next row going South to North
WHEELER	twin daughters	Apr 17, 1943	Apr 17, 1943
PLUMMEE	Mary Joyce	Dec 22, 1930	Apr 9, 1934
PRATT	Charles J.	1898	1952
LARSEN	Rebecca (Weeks)	Oct 8, 1946	May 11, 1985	In his hands forever
LUDE	Chris E.	Jun 26, 1922	Sep 1, 1989	US Army WW II
Next row going South to North
HUFF	Aunt Nancy			No dates
PRATT	Uncle Luke			No dates
PRATT	Grandpa			No dates
PRATT	Grandma			No dates
WOODARD	Levi Henry	Dec 29, 1929	Mar 13, 1930
LIVINGSTON	Jeffery G.	Feb 4, 1959	Feb 4, 1949
LIVINGSTON	Glenn	May 8, 1922	Jun 9, 1974	Tec5 US Army
WOODARD	Luther E.	Jan 11, 1905	Dec 11, 1980	H of Ida
WOODARD	Richard Dale	Nov 13, 1932	Apr 22, 1982	Cpl US Army Korea
WOODARD	Ronnie Jay	11-26-1959	06-23-1982	Son and brother we love you always
WOODARD	Ida (Lutherlma)	Jul 16, 1908	Oct 7, 1982	W of Luther
WOODARD	Cleo Ervin	Jan 19, 1928	Feb 2, 1988	US Army WW II
LIVINGSTON	Thelma Marie	May 29, 1926	Dec 6, 1995	A precious one from us is gone a voice we loved is stilled a place is vacant in our home that never can be filled
Next row going South to North
EVANS	Fletcher	1902	1941
GOODWIN	Gertrude Olive (Dicks)	Nov 17, 1888	Dec 24, 1950	Mother there is also an older marker by this one same info.
BREEDLOVE	Elizabeth Jane "Betty" (Cooper)	May 5, 1843	Feb 7, 1908	W of Wesley Wed 8/8/1861
WOODARD	Mary Virginia (Ricks)	Jan 3, 1864	Sep 2, 1936	No dates on stone
WOODARD	William Henry	Nov 6, 1856	Sep 3, 1928	Father of William N W. No dates on Stone
WOODARD	Infant Daughter		Jun 9, 1923	Our darling infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. H.
Next row going South to North
EVANS	Nancy "Nannie" A. (Breedlove)	Feb 3, 1865	Dec 4, 1902	W of Dock L.
WOODARD	William Napoleon	Nov 26, 1891	Nov 22, 1918	Obit
McGEE	William F.	Feb 2, 1932	Jul 5, 1935
McGEE	Charles F.	Sep 7, 1934	Dec 22, 1941	Stone was faint may not be exact
McGEE	Darrell D.	Oct 28, 1952	Oct 30, 1952
BERRY	Marten C.	9-28-1887	6-24-1938	H of Alpha
McGEE	Dale G.	Aug 14, 1936	Jan 2, 1954
BERRY	Edwin Lee	Mar 27, 1919	Apr 16, 1999	T Sgt US Army WW II
BERRY	Alpha Omega (Woodard)	12-3-1893	7-22-1963	W of Marten
BERRY	Martin Columbus	Mar 19, 1925	Sep 30, 1982	Cm2 US Navy WW II
McINTYRE	George Wayne	Jun 30, 1938	May 2, 1997	A2C US Air Force
Next row going South to North
BAHNER	Joseph	Apr 19, 1856	Jan 26, 1920	H of Anna
BAHNER	Anna	May 1, 1856	Dec 18, 1926	W of Joseph
BOUGHER	Homa	Dec 13,1890	May 15, 1901
KING	Casander	Oct 28, 1889	Aug 30, 1899	Dau. of W. & N J King
Next row going South to North
FORD	Chas	Sep 18, 1851	Sep 6, 1926	H of Harriett double stone this is the original land run settlers
FORD	Harriett (Kimball)	Oct 28, 1857	May 18, 1939	W of Chas double stone this is the original land run settlers
FORD	Alie	Oct 19, 1877	Mar 1,1894
JULIAN	Mary E.	Feb 4, 1867	Dec 3, 1933	Our Mother
Small concrete heart				Twin girls
FORD	Mary Belle	Feb 18, 1922	Mar 12, 1936
Next row going South to North
MOAK	Richard Merle	Dec 31, 1939	Jan 28, 1940	Beloved son of Velma & John Moak
MOAK	John Franklin	Aug 12, 1898	Jan 17, 1974	Double stone H of Velma
MOAK	Velma Elizabeth	Jan 20, 1904	Nov 1, 1984	Double stone W of John
MOAK	Gerald Emmett	May 1, 1926	Jul 5, 1989	US Army Air Corps WW II
Next row going South to North
HOOLEY	Marion Lee	Aug 21, 1926	Apr 23, 1932
STAMPER	Bolen Green	Oct 22, 1863	Dec 25, 1937	Double stone
STAMPER	James Tempie (Foy)	Mar 3, 1873	May 9, 1953	Double stone
STAMPER	Wiley A.	Mar 10, 1919	Mar 3, 1973	OK Pfc US Army WW II

Additional names not listed above-Location unknown

SURNAME	FIRST MI	BORN	DIED	COMMENTS
Biddle	Ila Lee	Nov 13, 1930	Aug 21, 2005
Breedlove	Wesley	1816		H of Elizabeth Wed 8/8/1861
Carpenter	Georgia Irene	Feb 22, 1923	Jun 23, 2004
Evans	Arthur	Dec 4,1881	Jul 3, 1925
Evans	Dock Leon	Jan 2, 1847		W of Nancy
Ford	Richard Orville	Mar 9, 1933	Jun 16, 2000	US Navy US Air Force Korea
Gravitt	Debra Kay	Sep 22, 1956	Sep 5, 2004	W of Gary, Sr.,
Gravitt	Gary Lee, Sr.	Apr 19,1955
Herrera	Leroy	Jan 9, 1968	Jan 24, 2009
Jenkins	Jessie Fred	Oct 8, 1933	Jun 15, 2000	Cpl US Army Korea
Kimbrough	Taylor	Feb 27, 2003	Jun 15, 2004
Mitchell	Fred	Nov 7, 1875	Jul 3, 1966	H of Maude
Mitchell	Maude Belle	Nov 29, 1880	Jun 19, 1956	W of Fred
Perry	Martha V.	Jul 10, 1926	Sep 17, 2004
Tennant	Connor Alex	Jul 6, 2004	Nov 8, 2004
Ward	Josephine E.	Sep 25, 1920	Jul 11, 1998
Wever	Robert E.	Apr 7, 1939	Dec 7, 2005
Wever	Wanda	Aug 2, 1929	Feb 28, 1999
Woodard	Unknown			Native stone next to W.N. & maybe his wife or a child

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