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Rocky Mount staff pursue deeds, plats to consolidate Unity/Cedar Hill annex cemetery properties
Summary
City staff presented a plan to clarify ownership and seek donations or plats for multiple parcels that contain burials at Unity Cemetery and the Cedar Hill annex, and said they will pursue statutory options to gain control of abandoned cemetery parcels.
A city staff member presented maps and a proposed path to consolidate multiple parcels that together make up Unity Cemetery and the adjacent Cedar Hill annex, telling council that several small parcels containing burials lack clear deeds and that some parcels are privately owned.
The presentation identified multiple private owners including members of the Warner family for one tract, Fenner Tobacco Warehouse Company for another tract, and a parcel owned by Gentry Restoration LLC that staff said had been sold to a resident of Fuquay Varina. The presenter said there are burials on those privately owned tracts and…
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