Date: 11/3/00
Cemetery: Hillcrest Cemetery
Street: Stanton Road
City: East Point
Township: East Point
County: Fulton
State: Georgia
Nation: USA
Zip: 30344
Nearby: situated between Highway 166 and Connally Dr.
Land Type: Public
Status: Active
Accessible: Yes
Unmarked graves: Yes
Graves within: estimated 2500 or higher.
Oldest grave: late 1800's
Newest grave: recent
Records: No
Inventory: No
Records location:
Owner: Grace Fuller
Condition: Cemetery vandalized
Removed Headstones
Overgrown-trees
Overgrown-ground cover
Overgrown-vines
Broken Headstones
Buried Headstones
Disintegrating Headstones
Fallen Headstones
Previous contacts: City Gov. State Gov. TV News did story at my
contact. Family members. A volunteer group does clean on occasion.
Work Status: The current status of this cemetery is:
Update: May 1, 2004
The Hillcrest Cemetery Memorial Association, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has become much more active in the past year. Since Fall 2003, we have cleared overgrowth from most of the cemetery, and will be providing mowing services as often as possible, depending on contributions. We have determined that there are about 8,000 people buried in the 16-acre cemetery. At this time, our primary objective is to clear overgr We are an all-volunteer organization in an economically depressed area from which many families with loved ones in the cemetery have moved away. Fundraising is slow, and this is a large cemetery. We are committed to the tasks we have taken on, and plan to see them through, although progress is expected to be slow. At this point, about 98% of graves are easily accessible. Contact information: Hillcrest Cemetery Memorial Association, Inc. Kevin L. Hudson, Chairman 404-305-8173 (9am-7pm Eastern, please) Email: hillcrest@graves.org Web: http://www.hillcrest.graves.net
Update : May
28, 2003
We were
at Hillcrest Cemetery a couple of days ago and
it is worse than ever!! The grass was over waist
high in most areas. There was trash and most of
the cemetery is so overgrown that you can't even
see the markers. There are several that are
sinking. My sister and I live in Texas and don't
get a chance to be here often. We are upset that
this cemetery is in such poor condition and have
already contacted as many people as we can to
complain and will continue when we return to
Houston next week. We will be checking your
websites for future updates. Thanks!
Submitted by / Contact for additional Information:
name: Steven K. Bramlett
Email:
a_mac1@bellsouth.net
Update: 5/28/2003
name:
Wayne & Melanie Carter
Email: d_irtybird30@aol.com
Update: 5/3/2004
name:
Kevin Hudson
Email: h_illcrest@graves.org
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