Calls for better upkeep at neglected Opelousas cemetery

OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) — Mindy Fontenot is seeking better maintenance at theMyrtle Grove Cemeterywhere many of her loved ones are laid to rest.

“We just buried my grandmother yesterday. We had to have family members and family friends come to cut the grass and clean the graveyard up before we could even bury my grandmother,” she said.

Fontenot expressed her heartbreak over the condition of the graveyard, which has been neglected for more than a decade…

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