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From: "Deborah McKay" <>
Subject: Re: Cemeteries Law question
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 16:32:23 -0500

Most states do, and you can find out by calling the Clerks office, or the
local law library in your area. The law should be simply stated that the
descendants of the ORIGINAL owner have the right to access to the cemetery
to include, but not limited to being buried in the cemetery. There's a very
similar situation going on right now in Jefferson County, TN where the
owners of land surrounding a family cemetery decided to bulldoze the "land
surrounding" the cemetery but ended up doing damage to the cemetery itself
(it was not fenced in). A very good friend of mine, and also a descendant
of the original owner of the land designated to be a cemetery, went to bat,
and did what I've been jokingly referring to as "laying down in front of the
bulldozer" and got this process stopped.

Some county authorities will tell you that it's not their job to do this -
do NOT believe them. It *IS* their job to stop this process from happening.
However, you have to be able to prove descendancy from the original owner of
the land in order to lay down in front of your bulldozer. Although, I do
believe that sacred ground is just that - sacred ground - and should not be
disturbed. I'd surely hate to know that my final resting place, 100 or so
years from now, might be plowed up to be turned into a city parking lot, one
is supposed to be placed to rest FOR ETERNITY.

Debbi McKay

-----Original Message-----
From: Hamner <>
To: <>
Date: Friday, January 30, 1998 11:09 AM
Subject: Cemeteries Law question

>> Many states will now have laws
>>that guarantee access by family members is protected.
>>Wendy
>
>Dose anyone know if Ky has such a law?
>Dempsey
>
>

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