The West Augustine Improvement Association has been restoring old graves and preserving history through the work of ...

Many old cemeteries abandoned, neglected Little public money set aside to care for final resting places. Matt Soergel.

A human skull, a viewing casket and an old child’s casket stuffed with hay are just a few of the things one Brimfield Flea Market seller has found over the years that people might find “weird.” ...

Families and volunteers seek out and restore abandoned cemeteries as a way of recovering their own personal stories. Donna Brodus Forrest, far right, praying at the likely grave of her grandmother ...

“Abandoned cemeteries are already a significant problem,” Marsh said. “It is a fairly common phenomenon, especially in some parts of the country. The population moves away, the church folds ...

"The SCV, they are really big about taking care of old abandoned cemeteries; not just Confederate cemeteries. "When I first joined the SCV, that's where I got my love of cemeteries.

Armed with only a weed wacker, the cigar-smoking 75-year-old Dave Kite does his best to battle the ever-growing grass that overtakes the gravestones of Cedarwood Cemetery in Hazlet. For 30 years ...

Nearly 200-year-old cemetery near Ann Arbor gets a facelift. By . ... The property is considered abandoned. No one owns it or pays taxes on the land, Scio Township Clerk Jessica Flintoft said.

Reader wants to know if old "abandoned" cemeteries can accept new business. Mount Hope Cemetery on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Rochester. Maya Giron / Post Bulletin ...

People are using their old houses and they wanna make ‘em look old still,” he said. A solid wood door can be $700 or more at Home Depot. Instead, Burns is selling salvage doors for closer to $150.