When a community is erased, sometimes only the voices of the dead can tell its stories. That is why people such as Laurel Wilson and Clara Axam spend so much time in graveyards. “Cemeteries tell you a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — People can now learn more about a historically Black cemetery in Decatur, and possibly even their family ...

Mar. 30—While preparations for Easter have been the most immediate concern at Decatur City Cemetery in recent days, officials said they are also beginning to address longer term issues of an ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Decatur police are still looking for a driver they say ran from police and then crashed into historic tombstones at the Decatur City Cemetery. Cemetery workers and historians ...

DECATUR, Ga. - It might not be your first idea for a dinner party setting, but a special event this weekend will bring some of metro Atlanta's top chef to a cemetery. "Decatur's Dinner Party" is a ...

DECATUR, Ala. – The Decatur Historic Cemetery Luminary Tour is being held in conjunction with the annual Historic Decatur Christmas Tour. The Decatur Historic Cemetery, which is Decatur’s largest ...

DECATUR, GA — A proposal to add a funeral home and crematory at Decatur’s Washington Memorial Gardens is on hold after community push back. The cemetery sits on 35-acres and owners say the crematory ...

Decatur has set aside $64,444.07 for the removal and replacement of 22 deteriorated pallbearer stairs and railings, along with general landscape repair throughout its circa-1828 cemetery. Though ...

GREATER DECATUR, Ga. (Decaturish) - A cemetery owner announced on April 30 that he no longer intends to put a crematorium on the property but will still pursue a rezoning to allow for a funeral home.