History runs deep at Haven of Rest Cemetery along 12th Street.
It’s the largest African American cemetery in Arkansas and the final resting place of pioneers like civil rights leader Daisy Bates. Now, the state wants someone else to run it.
In a complaint filed June 18 in Pulaski County Circuit Court, the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services is asking a judge to appoint a receiver to take control of the cemetery…