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Residents ask city to convene parties after uncovering graves near Blackberry Reserve development
Summary
Residents urged the Opelika City Council to help arrange a meeting with developers and county preservation officials after cleanup work uncovered graves beyond the one-acre cemetery plat at the Blackberry Reserve subdivision.
Tiffany Hillier, a resident of 1305 Morris Avenue, told the Opelika City Council on June 30 that cleanup work at what she called Hodge Cemetery uncovered graves beyond the one-acre area shown on century-old plats and raised concerns the developer’s planned lots could encroach on burials.
“Since those cleanup efforts, we did unearth what appears to be many, many more graves,” Hillier said, urging a joint site visit by the Lee County Cemetery Preservation Commission, the developer and residents.
The issue, Hillier said,…
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