TULSA, Okla. — Tulsans shared their concerns with 2 News Oklahoma about the conditions at Rose Hill Memorial Park Cemetery.
As Memorial Day Weekend began, we received numerous emails from people paying their respects to those they had lost, but they reported that the grass was overgrown and areas were littered with trash.
WATCH: Cemetery conditions lead people to call 2 News:
2 News viewers shared these pictures of the cemetery.
One showing yard clippings placed at the front door of the offices after people cleared off the graves when visiting.
One of the emails said, “The grass is so high you can barely see the veteran’s plaque.”
This is not the first time 2 News covered this story.
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In October of last year, a mother reached out with the same concerns.
Kimberly Willis lost her son to suicide and expects his final resting place to be clean. She said it's become routine for her to do the cleaning herself.
"You have to dig the grass off and wipe it, and every Sunday that’s what I come and do," said Willis.
Many of these concerns arose on Memorial Day as people paid their respects to those they had lost.
Rose Hill Memorial Park Cemetery acknowledged the complaints in a post. The cemetery’s president Hal Ezzell posted this statement on the cemetery's Facebook.
2 News will continue to follow up with the cemetery.
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