Cemetery association leader meets citizens
SNYDER – Facing an angry group of area residents, the president of the Snyder Cemetery Association (SCA) admitted mistakes were made in the planning and execution of a recent clean-up effort at the cemetery. Those explanations, however, left few, if any, people satisfied.
Flowers, family mementos and other keepsakes were removed, or damaged, from loved ones’ graves during the clean-up, leaving many people upset at the workers’ action.
On Monday SCA President Troy Botts met with a group of about 70 people at the cemetery who demanded to know who was responsible for the damage and what the ...