Family grieves at wrong gravesite for 19 years in cemetery mix-up

A family says they have been grieving at the wrong gravesite for 19 years at Gaston Memorial Park after cemetery operators reportedly buried their relatives, Francis Langford and Francis Howell, in an incorrect location.

The cemetery has informed the family they must pay $10,000 per casket to verify or correct the burial sites. Cemetery operators at Gaston Memorial Park recently discovered the error during a survey of graves.

The family was informed last week that the mother and daughter, Langford and Howell, whom they believed were buried side-by-side, were unintentionally placed head-to-head…

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