Olivewood Cemetery — Local services in Houston

It was a remarkable experience. To visit one of the largest and oldest cemeteries in the city was surreal. It was enlightening but also heartbreaking. To see the condition of some of the graves as well as parts of the cemetary suffering from past neglect, vandalism, and erosion hurts. But to know that there are some restorations projects instead as well as cleanups from time to time is welcome news. The pictures and videos I document will hopefully raise awareness of this gem of a place. To see the resting places of former historic figures such as Vance Lewis, James Ryan, Elias Dribble, Dr. Charles Johnson, and many others was a Saturday afternoon well spent. Special thanks to the Descendants of Olivewood for continuing to keep this...

Please update your phone number across your website and search engines. I'm getting calls from people trying to reach you because you have my number listed as yours. I've tried emailing y'all and am not getting a response. I'll remove this review when I hear back. Thank you!

UPDATE: It's been MONTHS and I get multiple calls weekly from people wanting to visit and contact you! Please for God's sake, update your google phone number. This is incredibly irresponsible and disrespectful to...

To address the previous reviewer, yes Olivewood Cemetery was neglected in the past, but thanks to recent efforts, a lot of restoration has occurred and is underway. As a visitor, I have seen the results; there's a nice fence/border now and with more and more areas cleared, there's more and more gravesites and memorials to view. It's a great, little, unpolished jewel and there should be more positive...