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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>By: Emmanuel wise Jipoh<\/p>\n

If the dead could talk or make demands, they would have by now besieged Offices of Paynesville City Mayor, E. Pam Belcher Taylor, in protest over deplorable state of their eternal resting places.<\/p>\n

However, they are helpless and those whose duties it is to ensure these cemeteries are in good condition appear indifferent. The abandonment is glaring at the JCN Howard Cemetery in Voker Mission in Paynesville City and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Apart from being overgrown by weeds, with several broken tombs, they are also homes for rodents and criminals. Visiting the cemetery on Monday, August 8, 2022, a worker at the cemetery, William Flomo told The New DAWN that some of the graves were in such a deplorable state, and there\u2019s need to relocate.<\/p>\n

Mr. Flomo: \u201cThere are permanent and temporary graves. When a family pays for a temporary grave, it means there won\u2019t be any mark to identify the person; nothing will be built on it, but when one pays for a permanent grave, it means the person will always come back to pay homage or pray on the grave.\u201d<\/p>\n

The head of the graveyard, Seh Kamara explains that the premises have become deplorable because of limited space and they cannot reject the dead, as families keep coming and crying for a spot to bury their loved ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome families will come crying to us that they don\u2019t have money and we can\u2019t ask them to return their dead. So, we ask them to pay the grave diggers to bury their deads and they can\u2019t come back because they won\u2019t be able to identify where they buried the deceased when they return. People buy space permanently as a means to identify a buried family member.\u201d Kamara adds.<\/p>\n

He says to obtain a graveyard or tomb, depends on the age of the deceased, which also cost between $10,000 Liberian dollars and above, but sometimes it is below that due to appeal from family members.<\/p>\n

When this paper tried contacting PCC authorities, they neither confirm nor deny the overcrowdedness of the cemetery, as the communication officer\u2019s phone rang tirelessly.<\/p>\n

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