A kind undertaking: Grassroots effort returns dignity to a neglected cemetery
Crumbling brick pillars at Greenlawn Memorial Park cemetery in east Columbus show the wear and tear of time. The tangle of brush that covered them not long ago, however, is gone.
Mapping Friendship Cemetery
For the capstone project of her master’s degree program at Delta State University, one Columbus native has taken on what she calls “a monster of a project.”
Lost and found: Woman lost twice — once in life, once after death
Julia Mae Whitfield’s headstone sits in the New Zion M.B. Church cemetery in Steens, surrounded by yellow flags.
New veterans cemetery planned for northern Miss.
A new veterans cemetery will be developed in northern Mississippi with the help of a federal grant.
Lynn Spruill: Another way of thinking about dogs and cemeteries
There are differing ideas about the recently proposed ban on allowing dogs in public cemeteries in Starkville.
Aldermen: Pet waste issue highlights lack of trash bins
Starkville aldermen will let the city’s informal cemetery board decide recommendations on how to curb a growing trend of irresponsible pet owners not cleaning up their animals’ waste after the board took no action on the matter Tuesday.
MSMS students to perform in historic Sandfield Cemetery
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science students will perform an “8th of May Emancipation Celebration” in a Columbus cemetery Thursday.
Gone, but not forgotten: Cemeteries help tell the story of the area’s black history
State officials this month will consider nominating a place known as the Starkville Colored Cemetery to the National Register of Historic Places.
It sits less than a mile from the Oktibbeha County Courthouse. No one knows who owns it, though.
Ala. woman linked to several gravesite thefts
Police say a north Alabama a woman has been linked to stealing from gravesites in three states and trying to sell the items online.
Natchez looking into city cemetery maintenance
The city of Natchez is going to gather information about the cost of a grass-cutting contract for the city cemetery.
Ghosts of Columbus: With Halloween upon us, a look at area hauntings
Among the unknown Confederate soldiers buried beneath Magnolia trees in Friendship Cemetery last week, Matt Garner took a picture at sunrise.
It was dark when he arrived. A page designer for The Dispatch, Garner often visits the cemetery in his off time to take photographs.
Three arrested for cemetery thefts; planned to open florist shop
CORINTH — Three people who authorities say planned to open a florist shop with items stolen from a local cemeteries have been arrested by Alcorn
Low interest rates, high grass in Natchez cemetery
NATCHEZ — Low interest rates mean high grass at Natchez City Cemetery. People who paid for perpetual care are upset. Melissa Cangemi, who owns four
A sacred space: Time-worn graves on a remote ridge remind of Indian heritage and church roots
Sunlight performed a dappled dance through new growth overhead, as a gentle wind sent tall grasses brushing against tombstones that have stood vigil for almost two centuries. The peace was palpable on this rural ridge in Oktibbeha County.
Panel: No profanity on rapper’s headstone
LYNN, Mass. — Commissioners at a Massachusetts cemetery have said no to profanity on headstones. Sonny Santiago, 23, was a rapper who died in a