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The Advocate
Monday, July 29th, 2024
 
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Community speaks out about poorly kept grounds at this Lafayette cemetery

BY DEANNA B. NARVESON | Staff writer​ ​ ​

Good morning, Acadiana Business newsletter readers. It's time to start a new week, and Deputy Metro Editor Doug Graham and I will be filling in from Baton Rouge while Adam Daigle takes a well earned vacation. 

On to some business news of the morning:

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery — a deep, wooded burial ground situated in Lafayette's Truman neighborhood — is overgrown. 

The site is home to hundreds of graves interred in quiet surroundings just off Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, with mature trees and grassy expanses giving the place an air of peace and contemplation. 

But those same gorgeous grounds quickly grow wild in the heat and wet of South Louisiana making it difficult for families to visit their loved ones' graves, and because the site is a non-perpetual care owned cemetery by Gethsemane Church of God in Christ, the church is not technically required to maintain the grounds.

Therein lies the rub, and current challenge as community members work to find a solution to keep the grounds clear. You can read the full story here.

 
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Community members speak out about poorly kept grounds at this Lafayette cemetery

Melanie Davis's son, Samuel Anthony Davis, is buried toward the back of Holy Sepulchre Cemetery — a deep, wooded burial ground situated in Lafayette's Truman neighborhood. Read more

Flowers Baking Co. will close Baton Rouge site and lay off 69 employees. What to know.

Flowers Baking Co. will shut down its Mid City bakery beginning in mid-September, a move that will put 69 employees out of work in Baton Rouge. Read more

Concerns increasing over Atchafalaya Basin as fish populations decrease

It’s difficult to know which step Louisiana is taking when it comes to the Atchafalaya Basin. Read more

 
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