North Tulsa Cemetery Finally Being Cleaned Up After Months Without Grounds Keeping
www.fox23.com By Catherine James, FOX23 News Knee-high grass and weeds choke the headstones at Crown Hill Cemetery on 66th Street North. The cemetery was originally founded for African Americans. Some buildings there were built with bricks reclaimed from the destruction of Greenwood during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The cemetery owner, Arik White,… The post North Tulsa Cemetery Finally Being Cleaned Up After Months Without Grounds Keeping appeared first on The Oklahoma Eagle.
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Knee-high grass and weeds choke the headstones at Crown Hill Cemetery on 66th Street North. The cemetery was originally founded for African Americans.
Some buildings there were built with bricks reclaimed from the destruction of Greenwood during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
The cemetery owner, Arik White, said it’s a personnel issue that’s gotten out of hand.
“The Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, you know, everybody just donating gas money and, you know, stuff that we need out here,” he continued.
White wants people to know he accepts responsibility for the neglect.
“I would sincerely like to apologize for the way that things have been going on out here. I’m doing my best. I will do better,” White said. He wants to hire more people and buy two more lawnmowers.
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