Oakland Cemetery is at 248 Oakland Ave. SE, Atlanta. Neale Nickels stepped slowly, his shadow long across the green field. “There’s a body there,” he said.

In this book excerpt from ‘American Afterlife: Encounters in the Customs of Mourning,’ we visit Oakland, the final resting place of some 70,000 people, which puts Atlanta’s history on grand ...

Oakland Cemetery is ranked #11 ... Situated less than 2 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta and spanning 48 acres, Oakland Cemetery reflects the city's ... People buried in Potter's Field are ...

In the last six years, the Historic Oakland Foundation — with help from the city of Atlanta — raised over $600,000 to give over 12,000 headstones in the cemetery a much-needed rejuvenation.

With its plethora of summer programming for kids and adults alike, Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery is so much more than just a final resting place. “We’re much more than a cemetery,” Oakland ...

Decatur Cemetery is on the National List of Historic Places. Among the notable names buried there: William Henry Duckworth, a justice on the Georgia Supreme Court, and Henry Oliver, a 19th-century ...

It’s one of the most beloved and peaceful places in Metro Atlanta, and this October, Historic Oakland Cemetery is celebrating a major milestone. 40 years ago, the Historic Oakland Foundation ...

The center will share the cemetery’s history with the hundreds of thousands of people who visit each year. The new 10,000-square-foot facility will stand just across from the main gate of the ...