A growing controversy in Gwinnett County centers on claims that a church’s newly installed fence may be encroaching on historic gravesites.
Family members with loved ones buried at Friendship Primitive Baptist Cemetery in unincorporated Snellville say the issue began after LifePointe United Pentecostal Church purchased the property, including both the church and cemetery, last November.
Initial concerns focused on access, with some families reporting that the new fence made it difficult to visit graves—especially for elderly visitors and during funerals, when sections of the fence had to be removed for a hearse to enter…