2022-2023 Focus on Oak Grove City Guide Page 26 Community Oak Grove Cemetery, Cemetery and Hillside School roads, dates to May 1835. The cemetery is open from dawn to dusk seven days a week. Markers and older stones of Confederate soldiers are among sites of interest. The first person to be buried was a child named Jacob, son of Addison C. and Lusinda J. Philpott. The cemetery, once known as the Philpott Cemetery, began as a small family burial plot. The Webb family was intertwined with the Philpotts. During the Depression, money was needed to set aside for maintenance, and eventually the Oak Grove Cemetery Association was formed. Pete Royer serves the cemetery board as treasurer/sexton. Other officers are Donna Reader, president; Marge Morrison, secretary; and members are Matt Reader and Clara Wakeman. Charles Fultz maintains the cemetery grounds. Historic Owings-George Cemetery, Church and Hillside School roads, dates back to David C. George, born 1798, and Nancy Bass, born 1808, who were wed in 1827. In 1836, the couple left Tennessee bound for Missouri, arriving at the headwaters of Sni-a-Bar Creek. A traveler passing through arrived at George’s camp and asked the name of their place. George looked at a hound licking the dinner skillet and jokingly replied, “Welcome to Lickskillet.” The moniker stuck. Other small cemetery associations surround the Oak Grove area: •Corn Cemetery (Henry Corn Cemetery), 8301 Corn Cemetery Rd., Oak Grove •Brown Cemetery, 6900 Stillhouse Rd., Oak Grove •Sni-Mills Holiness Cemetery, 38308 E. Colbern Rd., Lone Jack •Mecklin Cemetery, Mecklin Road north of Truman Road
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