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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Sharing from the "Scioto Valley Guardian" - "Fire destroys a Ross County Cemetery" - The cemetery is the Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Ross County , Ohio,

Sharing this sad news from the Scioto Valley Guardian regarding the Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Ross County, Ohio. 

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Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Ross County, Ohio has been featured in this blog with links to several newspaper articles for a number of years, however, not for the reason it is being covered in this story. 

It appears from the reports provided in this account, a fire stemming from an undocumented origin raged through the grounds of Floral Hills Memory Gardens located in Huntington Township, Ross County, Ohio. 
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The accompanying pictures show the large area of damaged scorched earth that devastated "nearly an acre" of the cemetery property.  Sadly, close up images show flat bronze markers that were severely blackend. 

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Per Find A Grave, 3,721 people are interred at Floral Hills Memory Gardens. 

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Hoping for an update soon to learn exactly how this fire was caused and by whom. 

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The looming unanswered questions are how and when will all of the vast damage to the grounds and markers be repaired; keeping in mind also that Floral Hills Memory Gardens has no owner responsible for it?

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