Controversy surrounds maintenance of historic cemetery after flowers, mementos thrown away
Woman devastated to discover cemetery discarded flowers on mother s grave
Acworth City Manager said the city notified the public of a policy change and the volume and types of items accumulated hindered proper maintenance of the cemetery.
ACWORTH, Ga - Linda Tirado says she visits the cemetery where her mother is buried several times a year, and carefully maintains the gravesite, so she was stunned to find the items she so lovingly placed there had been thrown in a dumpster.
Tirado shared photos of the pot and silk flowers, she d placed at her mother s gravesite soon after her death.