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"A cemetery may be considered as abandoned when all or practically all of the bodies have been Removed therefrom and no bodies have been buried therein for a great many years, and the cemetery has been so long neglected as entirely to lose its identity as such, and is no longer known, recognized and respected by the public as a cemetery. 1953 OAG 2978."

Saturday, September 6, 2025

Sharing a one year report from the Huntington Township Trustees regarding their work at the Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Ross County and a link to their video.

 Sharing from the Scioto Post.:

"Ross County Township Proud of Year’s Work
on
 Large Abandoned Cemetery"

 

"Huntington Township, Ross County — 
After about 12 years of neglect and legal wrangling, the bankrupt Floral Hills Memory Gardens off US 23 south of Chillicothe was handed over to the township…which is proud of what they have been able to accomplish for it over the last year.

"The Huntington Township trustees reviewed their progress on the large cemetery in a special session on August 19th, 2025, and trustee John Cottrill outlined the situation afterward with me.
(Hear him in his own words in the below video interview.)"

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSVIEwobuiU