Cemeteries

Bryan is home to three city-owned cemeteries: Bryan City Cemetery, Oakwood Cemetery and Yellow Fever Cemetery. Burial plots are available in Bryan City Cemetery.

Bryan City Cemetery

Location

1111 N. Texas Avenue, Bryan, TX 77803

Visitation Hours

Daily: 5 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Bryan City Cemetery spans nearly 67 acres and has served the community since 1868, three years before the city’s incorporation. It offers standard burial plots, columbaria, a veterans section and the Myrtie Conway Astin Memorial Chapel.

Veterans Section

The veterans section is reserved for veterans who died while on active duty or after honorable discharge, as well as their spouses. It was designed to mirror the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery format. Documentation of service or honorable discharge is required to purchase a plot.

The veterans section features several remembrance elements, including a donated granite memorial with medallions of the seven U.S. uniformed service branches: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Merchant Marine, Navy and Space Force. An eighth medallion honors prisoners of war and those missing in action (POW-MIA) on a VA-style marker engraved with “Unknown.”

Learn More About the Veterans Section

Section Pricing

Standard Section

Standard space, ages 25 months and older (5' x 10'): $1,250
Infant space, ages 0-24 months (4' x 5"): $200
Columbarium niche, up to 2 urns (12" x 12" x 11.5"): $1,000

Veterans Section

Double stack, veteran and spouse (5' x 10'): $1,000
Columbarium niche, up to 2 urns (12" x 12" x 11.5"): $1,000

Oakwood Cemetery

Location

700 San Jacinto Lane and 600 Dean Street, Bryan, TX 77803

Visitation Hours

Daily: 5 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Oakwood Cemetery was established in 1923, and has been expanded several times. The cemetery now spans both sides of Highway 21, with the original section on the south side and a newer section on the north side. The newest section is an addition off Dean Street. Standard burial spaces are offered in this cemetery.

Section Pricing

At this time, there are no spaces available for purchase at Oakwood Cemetery.

Standard space, ages 25 months and older (5' x 10'): $1,250
Infant space, ages 0-24 months (4' x 5"): $200

Yellow Fever Cemetery (Old Bryan City Cemetery)

Location

North Earl Rudder Freeway West Frontage Road (between Highway 21 and Martin Luther King Jr. Street), Bryan, TX 77803

Visitation Hours

Daily: 5 a.m. - 11 p.m.

This cemetery is no longer active, and burial plots are not available for purchase.

The Old Bryan City Cemetery was the first public burial ground in Bryan, starting in 1861. It’s located on land originally owned by William Joel Bryan, the town’s namesake. Known as the Yellow Fever Cemetery – likely due to outbreaks in Brazos County in 1867 and 1873 – it was eventually replaced by the Bryan City Cemetery and Oakwood Cemetery.

City ordinances authorized its use for pauper burials, and few grave markers remain, including only one marked stone. Burial records reflect a diverse population, including immigrants and early settlers. While little is known about many of those buried here, the site represents the early history and heritage of Bryan and Brazos County.

View Old Bryan City Cemetery Historical Marker

Appointments

To purchase cemetery spaces, schedule an appointment with cemetery sexton Robert Jackson by calling 979-209-5230. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., with appointments available at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. or 2 p.m. After selecting a space, paperwork and payment must be completed. The cemetery office is located at the main entrance of Bryan City Cemetery.