Oakland - Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park Board

Created by Little Rock City Code 9-96, 97, The Oakland Fraternal Cemetery Board shall have the power to make all necessary improvements and repairs, establish policies, rules and regulations pertaining to the general maintenance of the Cemetery and to regulate the interment of the dead. The Board meets in July and December – other meetings will be held as needed.

Meetings are held at Oakland Cemetery Office, 2101 Barber Avenue

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John Rains, Sexton
2101 Barber Avenue
Little Rock, AR  72206
(501) 372-6429

AUTHORITY: Little Rock City Code, Section 9-96, 97; Ordinance No. 19,919 (February 5, 2008); Ordinance No. 20,508 (December 6, 2011); No. Ordinance 20,514 (December 13, 2011); and Ordinance No. 20,873 (May 6, 2014)
TERM: Three (3) Years
MEMBERS: Eleven (11)
DUTIES: The Board shall have the power to make all necessary improvements and repairs, establish policies, rules and regulations pertaining to the general maintenance of the Cemetery and to regulate the interment of the dead.
SELECTION: Members of the Board shall be appointed by the Little Rock City Board of Directors and are required to be residents of the City of Little Rock and be lot owners or descendents of lot owners therein. 
MEETINGS: Meetings in June and December - other meetings will be held as needed
Meetings held at Oakland Cemetery Office
2101 Barber Avenue
CONTACT: John Rains, Sexton
2101 Barber Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72206-3684
(501) 372-6429

Current Members


Carla Hines-Coleman
chines-coleman@sbcglobal.net
Term Expires: 6-1-2025

Steve Fike
sfike1957@gmail.com
Term Expires: 6-1-2026

Rita Benafield Henard
rhenard@160drivingacadmey.com
Term Expires: 6-1-2025

Linda Howell
lindahowell@2@yahoo.com
Term Expires:  6-1-2025

Mary McGehee
Term Expires: 6-1-2024

Ernest Moix
ejmoix@att.net
Term Expires:  6-1-2025

Ginney Pumphrey
gpumphrey1915@gmail.com
Term Expires: 6-1-2026

Frances Ross
fmross@ualr.edu
Term Expires: 6-1-2026

Jane Spikes
jaspikes1@comcast.net
Term Expires: 6-1-2025

Rhonda Stewart
rcstewart6@yahoo.com
Term Expires: 6-1-2025

Roy Katheryn Watts
roy.watts@comcast.net
Term Expires:  6-1-2025

City Director B.J. Wyrick
(Board of Directors Liaison)
board@littlerock.gov
Term Expires:  12-31-2024