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Resident presents signatures supporting Serene Memorial Garden Cemetery easement; county judge reports landowner resistance
Summary
Zavier Livingston presented signatures supporting an easement for Serene Memorial Garden Cemetery; the County Judge said a representative for R.A. Pickens and Son told him the landowners would not grant an easement, according to the minutes (transcript cuts off mid-sentence).
At the Jan. 15, 2026 Desha County Quorum Court meeting, Zavier Livingston spoke during new business to present signatures in support of an easement for the Serene Memorial Garden Cemetery.
The minutes record that the County Judge had spoken earlier that morning with a representative from R.A. Pickens and Son. The County Judge said he was informed by the landowners that they would not be giving an easement; the sentence in the minutes cuts off at that point and no further detail or formal action on the petition is recorded.
The minutes do not include the exact number of signatures submitted, the legal description of the easement sought, the landowners' formal response beyond the judge's summary, or any motion to pursue condemnation or alternative means of securing an easement. Those details were not specified in the Jan. 15 minutes and would need to be obtained from the petitioner or subsequent court records.
