Graves collapsing, caskets deteriorating at cemetery: ‘I see water in our loved ones’ graves’

Families want to visit loved ones at Gilbert Memorial Park but thick weeds block the graves

BATON ROUGE, LA. (Louisiana First) — A Baton Rouge family is sounding the alarm, saying the place where their loved ones are buried is overgrown to the point where they can't visit them anymore.  Cars speeding along Greenwell Springs Road and North Foster Drive quickly pass an unsightly pile of trash outside of Gilbert Memorial Park, a place that is also the final resting place for formerly enslaved people. "My relatives and friends are buried t…

Graves collapsing, caskets deteriorating at cemetery: ‘I see water in our loved ones’ graves’

Graves at a cemetery in Ayden, North Carolina, are collapsing, with some even taking on water.