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Madison County court authorizes removal and reinterment of graves at two abandoned cemeteries
Summary
The Madison County Fiscal Court voted Nov. 25 to declare the Hockaday and Crigler cemetery tracts abandoned and to authorize removal and reinterment under KRS 381.755 and 901 KAR 5090, after staff said several descendants had been contacted and a funeral director will oversee reinterment.
Judge Taylor and county staff moved to authorize permanent removal and reinterment of graves from two small, abandoned cemeteries after county staff outlined outreach and documentation efforts.
Preston Worley, representing county staff, told the court the legal path under state law: “the law in Kentucky is clear that an abandoned cemetery can either be moved by a local government if they get approval from the circuit court or by the landowner if they get this fiscal court to determine that the property has been abandoned.” He said county staff and a contracted funeral director had worked to identify descendants and notify the community.
The court read resolution…
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