At the Called Meeting of the Stockbridge City Council for September 22nd, it was discussed in the SDS meeting by Mr. Buddy Welch about the Cemeteries in the area. He tried to split the issue of who takes care of which cemetery whether it is the county or city. He spoke of the city taking care of municipal cemeteries and the private cemeteries that are considered abandoned are handled by the juvenile court or the private citizens groups.
This is far from the truth. According to the State Laws of Georgia pertaining to Cemeteries it clearly states that if any cemetery that is abandoned and no one can be found who takes care of said cemetery then the county or municipality is to handle management of the cemetery. If someone is located they can be billed for clean up or eminent domain can be used to take the cemetery and it will be taken care of by the local governments. The Georgia State Laws are specific in this matter and there is no gray area. If these issues continue about the cemeteries in Henry County by people throwing smoke and mirrors on the issue then the next step will be to file a formal complaint with the Georgia Attorney Generals Office and Secretary of State who handle such matters. Then the press will be notified and it will make Henry County and its cities look bad once again. This should not have to happen, but that is something that is on the table as a last resort.
Alfred Britt, Founder of the Cemetery Research Group
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