Glenwood Cemetery (Houston, Texas)

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Glenwood Cemetery is located at 2525 Washington Avenue in Houston, Texas, adjacent to the district on the north side of Buffalo Bayou known as the Sixth Ward. The 114-acre site of a former brick yard was the first cemetery in Houston to be professionally designed; it opened as a cemetery park in May, 1871.

Notable persons buried in Glenwood include:
Howard Hughes - industrialist and aviator
Anson Jones - last president of the Republic of Texas
William P. Hobby - former Governor of Texas and namesake of Hobby Airport
Oveta Culp Hobby - first commander of the Women's Army Corps
Joseph S. Cullinan - founder of Texaco
Gene Tierney - movie actress
Roy Hofhienz - former Mayor of Houston and creator of the Astrodome

www.glenwoodcemetery.org/