County to designate overseer for grave disinterments
NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (StarNews) — A resolution set to be adopted by the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners on Monday seeks to ensure county involvement and supervision in all grave disinterments.
The resolution is in response to an N.C. Department of Transportation plan to disinter and reinter 31 graves in the adjoining Mount Ararat AME Church and the Bella Highsmith cemeteries to clear a path for the widening of Market Street.
The graves — 21 of which are unmarked — will be relocated to another part of the historically African-American cemetery.
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