Notables Buried at Oconee Hill Cemetery

The community surrounding Athens and the University of Georgia has long been known as an area rich in its production of some of the most notable individuals in the South. Contributions in government, medicine, sports, and music are hallmarks of these individuals.

Among those interred at Oconee Hill Cemetery are several former University of Georgia presidents, or chancellors as they were once known; two Georgia governors; the first chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court; four Confederate generals (and veterans of all wars fought by Americans); numerous Congressmen; and former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Crawford Long, acknowledged for the discovery of anesthesia, is buried at Oconee Hill, as is William Lorenzo Moss, who developed a method of classifying blood groupings. University of Georgia football legends and coaches Wally Butts and Bill Hartman are buried here. Ricky Wilson, guitarist for the rock band B 52's, is buried at Oconee Hill.