Community steps up to repair historic cemetery
Historic Pocahontas cemetery making repairs after financial struggles By Logan Whaley | March 8, 2021 at 10:03 PM CST - Updated March 9 at 5:46 AM
POCAHONTAS, Ark. (KAIT) - If you’ve driven through Pocahontas, you’ve likely seen a cemetery that has been around for centuries.
The Masonic Cemetery has had its fair share of financial struggles over the past few years. Mayor Keith Sutton said the cost of maintenance got to be too high for the Masonic-owned cemetery.
“It’s always been an issue with the funding,” Sutton said.
The funding led to concern from the community. Broken tree limbs and unreadable tombstones led to social media pushback.