WFMY News2

Cemetery mixup causes serious problem for daughters of deceased mother

HIGH POINT, N.C. — Michelle Harris and her mother, Betty, spent a lot of time together. Sometimes, it was a lunch out on the town or dinner at home, and most Sundays they’d be at church. “She was fine ...
The Ironton Tribune

Gorey gets headstone at Woodland Cemetery

Ironton’s Donohue crafts piece for artist’s unmarked grave Woodland Cemetery’s most famous interment recently got its first ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

U.S. senators' bill calls for upright headstones at Santa Fe National Cemetery

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján have introduced a bill that would require the U.S. Department of ...
KSAT

Uvalde City Council working to change ordinance to allow upright headstones for Robb Elementary victims

Uvalde City Council on Tuesday tabled a motion to change the ordinance to allow upright headstones for the Robb Elementary School shooting victims. Council members realized they needed to change the ...
KRQE Blogs

Veteran’s widow frustrated with Santa Fe National Cemetery

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque widow is furious, after she said she’s been trying to bury her husband’s remains in the Santa Fe National Cemetery since April but she said it’s been very ...
WLWT

Police: Vehicle strikes down, damages headstone in cemetery on Cincinnati's west side

Delhi Township police are searching for the person responsible for driving into a headstone, knocking it down and damaging it.Police said on Monday, an upright standing headstone was damaged by a ...
WGAL

Vandals topple cemetery headstones

Vandals toppled 30 tombstones in a Wrightsville cemetery between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.Fairview Cemetery workers said they have been left with a real challenge to save the ...
Daily Herald

Preservationist works to repair headstones at Mount Rest Cemetery

Since May 2020, the Ansel Brainerd Cook Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, has been fundraising to hire an Illinois certified headstone preservationist to preserve, repair, straighten, ...
Connecticut Post

Adding headstones to Trumbull cemetery stirs debate

TRUMBULL — Headstones in a cemetery may not seem like a controversial proposal, but the public will get its chance to speak out on the matter at the Planning & Zoning Commission’s next meeting. The ...
Los Angeles Times

Remembering the sacrifice at Ft. Rosecrans, one flag at a time

SAN DIEGO — Nine-year-old G.T. Struck stepped in front of the upright headstone at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery and waited. His father, Thomas Struck, read out loud the name on the marker and ...
Billings Gazette

Vets' headstones destroyed in crash at Mountview Cemetery

A vehicle rolled through Mountview Cemetery on Saturday, destroying more than a dozen veterans’ headstones. Within the cemetery’s northern section, debris from a vehicle and pieces of cracked stone ...