HOUSTON – Choosing a final resting place for a loved one is one of the hardest decisions a family can make. It’s emotional, it’s permanent, and it’s something most people don’t want to think about until they have to. But as some Houston-area families have learned, doing a little homework ahead of time can make a huge difference, and help avoid even more heartache down the road.
Over the past few years, KPRC 2 has covered cases where basic cemetery responsibilities went wrong. In one report, an Humble man said a cemetery made his grief worse after placing his grandmother’s headstone on the wrong grave. In another investigation, a family said their loved one’s marker was placed in a disrespectful position. And in a separate case, relatives discovered the headstones in a cemetery didn’t match the records they’d held on to for more than 50 years.
Each story had a common theme: grieving families blindsided by mistakes they never imagined could happen…