State officials visited the long-neglected Zion Hill CME Cemetery in Memphis on Tuesday to help identify possible gravesites.

Cherokee Cemeteries Restoration Organization seeks to restore forgotten cemeteries. Members know it takes time. “Maintaining a cemetery is not a sprint, it’s a marathon,” organization President ...

Concerns about an overgrown and seemingly forgotten cemetery along a busy road in Summerville prompted community action. If ...

This depopulation has led many small mountain villages to become ghost towns, and this also affects their burial sites, as ...

Michelle Harris brushed dirt from an old tombstone and found family. “Tom Harris, son of Dewitt and Minnie,” she read aloud. “Oh, I know who this is. I do!” Harris spent Friday and Saturday clearing ...

A dozen possible gravesites were discovered during a survey at the neglected Zion Hill CME Cemetery in Cordova. The survey was prompted by the efforts of Carrie Louise Pinson, who seeks to locate ...