A new fence at a cemetery in unincorporated Snellville is causing some controversy. Families say it blocks access to graves where generations of loved ones lie buried. The church that bought the property says it had the right to put it up.
The fence now separates Lifepointe United Pentecostal Church from the historic Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
“I had somebody contact me online and tell me that they had put up a 6-foot fence, and I was totally shocked, especially when we realized it wasn’t on the other side of the drive. It was right up against most of the tombstones and the markers down through here,” said Kay Echols…