Families angered by condition of South Memphis cemeteries

Families spent their Mother’s Day gathering at South Memphis cemeteries to pay respects to those they lost.

[@DaeDae3434]

My father is buried there. I reached out to the Mayor's off but to no avail. I am glad that something is finally about to be done.

[@pgppe9488]

Why do the families not get together and pay a monthly or yearly fee to keep the area clean?

[@DaeDae3434]

@@pgppe9488 When i was going to visit my father I couldn't enter the cemetery because a big tree was blocking the entrance. I'm interested in working with families who have loved ones buried there.

[@DaeDae3434]

@@pgppe9488 I'm willing to work with anyone to help clean the cemetery

[@mikem957]

Saying that Memphis is a corrupt city is an understatement. I'm so glad I don't live in that hellhole. No wonder everyone is leaving. Soon it will be a ghost town.

[@lesstalk4785]

They want you to forget about it so they can build condos on top of the graves.

[@godsunra9]

Right

[@zotime1806]

Just wait til next year on Mother's Day people will be saying the same thing about those same Cemeteries.

[@nkotbsouth]

This is heart breaking, and it exacerbates the grief. 😔😢

[@Beatlearl]

Who OWNS the property,if Memphis doesn’t own the property it’s not the city’s responsibility to maintain it⚰️🪦🤔

[@inventorylady53]

That's Memphis for you.

[@tuterralvester8693]

So Sad🥺

[@NRT1999]

💔💔 ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING and WRONGGGG!!! The greed of money is SOOOOO RIDICULOUS N SAD SMH

[@clow2024]

Wow smh that's a disgrace in honoring the deceased with dignity and pure neglect 😠 .... sad story

[@SaintsofAvalon]

Here in England our local cemetary grass is only 2ft high before they come and cut it even though we pay local council tax to cover it and recently there has been 100's of new homes built in the area that means £m's more taxes for them plus the yearly increases we have to pay- yet it seems " paying resepect " isn't covered ...Local churches us the council convict service where they turn up with a bus full of " naughty boys " and a few cutters to do the work which is payed for by the churche's seeing the council turnover a proffit ontop of the already payed taxes to cover the work . Times are coming when the people awaken to the tax fraud being carried out by councils worldwide ...

[@RodneySlinger]

This is crazy. Is the city responsible for maintaining them?

[@susanhurst3292]

I guess it depends what city you stay in, where my relatives are buried it's the church responsibility, but I know where some cemeteries that were abandon or neglected the city purchased them in order to keep them up.

[@GEECHIEGirl]

Obviously these ppl didn't go visit, it takes time for it to get like that.

[@bree1966]

That is pitful ,Memphis just cant do nothing right wow cant take care of the living are the dead wow what a pitful city But they wanna pass a bill to try and keep their insurance going after they retire what a freaking joke this town has become smdh

[@DoobieDeb]

Horrible Horrible no respect in that TOWN MEMPHIS IS A MESS

[@mildredredmond9452]

Smh 🤦🏾‍♀️ disgraceful

[@mildredredmond9452]

My thing is, the city should have been had something in place for a situation like this… its really shameful to watch this for these families going out to visit their grass and weed covered pasted over love ones… I so sorry to the families that you all are having to even go through something like this… this is crazy to me.

[@Numrowuno]

That’s a shame mane

[@alonteprince826]

It’s always about a “contract” 🙄SO!!!! Damn a contract 🤬🙄 ITS CALLED DOING IT CAUSE ITS JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO!!!! But what do they know about that to begin with 🙄😩🤦🏽‍♂️

[@carlosyatez1812]

Hello!

[@pgppe9488]

Why do the family not pay to keep their parent’s plot clean and free of overgrown debris? Black People always think everything should be paid for by someone else. Why did they interview this woman? It must be a slow news day in Shelby.

[@Musicball]

Isn't upkeep part of the initial burial costs? Either the city needs to do something or someone needs a refund. Or should Blk ppl just get taken advantage of and no one has to be held accountable for it?

[@garyhartley3680]

get your peoples together, get you some tools, lawn mowers and such and clean it ever n once in awhile

[@PreacherPaul71]

Then get your butts out there and clean it up and keep it that way. People who see that something needs to be done and wait for someone else to do it aren’t worth a penny. Government moochers.

[@Musicball]

You missed the part about people doing just that?

[@GodsentMe.]

Public awareness 👀

[@gitup7918]

I like to see the green. It reminds me of rainforest. Beautiful.