John Jarman - Rose Hill Burial Park - Oklahoma City, OK - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

U.S. Congressman John Jarman is laid to rest on the east side of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the center of section 5. His is a flat headstone and a family monument between two trees. When you face the monument with the mausoleum in the background, "Jarman" is the name inscribed. From the other side, you will see a different name.


Text on headstone:

John Jarman, Jr.
1915 - 1982


(Bio source: wikipedia: (visit link)

Jarman was born in Sallisaw, Oklahoma and graduated from Yale University in 1937 and from Harvard Law School in 1941. Jarman was admitted to the bar in 1941 and began his law practice in Oklahoma City. Jarman enlisted in the United States Army in January, 1942 (about a month after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. He served in the Security Intelligence Corps during World War II and was eventually discharged from military service in December, 1945. He was married to Ruth Virginia Bewley and had three children, John Henry Jarman III, Susan Jarman and Steve Jarman.

Jarman was later elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives and then later the Oklahoma State Senate; Jarman was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1950 as a Democrat.

After barely surviving a political challenge from political newcomer Mickey Edwards, on January 23, 1975, Jarman switched parties from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in protest of the removals of Felix Edward Hébert, Wright Patman and William R. Poage from their committee chairmanships. Jarman claimed that the Democratic Party Caucus had changed over the years and that certain elements of the Caucus "force their liberal views on this Congress and on this country by nullifying the seniority system and punishing those who do not adhere to the liberal party line as laid down by the caucus."

Jarman declined to seek re-election to the House in 1976. After leaving Congress, he decided to resume his practice of law in Oklahoma City, where he remained until his death there on January 15, 1982. Jarman was laid to rest at Rose Hill Burial Park. Jarman spent much of his later life in Mexico and with his children and their families in Hawaii, Pennsylvania and Colorado. He loved animals, horseback riding, the rough wilderness of Wyoming, Oklahoma and Colorado.

Description: U.S. Congressman who represented the state of Oklahoma Date of birth: 07/17/1915 Date of death: 01/15/1982 Area of notoriety: Politics Marker Type: Monument Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Dawn to Dusk Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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