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Introducing the Friends of Maury & Mt. Olivet
Historic cemeteries increasingly rely on groups of descendants and volunteers to bring fresh energy and care to their sites. The city of Richmond is the beneficiary of one more of these groups with the creation of the Friends of Maury & Mt. Olivet Cemeteries in 2026. Though the two cemeteries have always been managed as…
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Maury Cemetery’s moving graves and flooding
The City of Richmond’s Maury Cemetery is in the news this week for all the wrong reasons. The local news at WTVR CBS 6 reported on one family’s disappointment at the treatment of a grandmother’s recent interment. Apparently, the casket (and its aboveground marker) have been moved by workers to different plots in the cemetery…