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Grave matters: De Queen hires company to electronically map cemetery burial plots
De QUEEN, Ark. The De Queen City Council has decided to dig a little deeper to find out where people are buried in the city-owned Red Men Cemetery. The council recently hired Cemetery Updating Services from Winona, Minn., for $27,000 to survey and electronically map burial locations in the 27-acre cemetery, said De Queen Mayor Billy Ray McKelvy. The cemetery has 7,800 graves, including some where some De Queen pioneers are laid to rest, he said. ‘This isnt a requirement, but it needed to be done. The cemetery is more than 100 years old’ said McKelvy. ‘The cemetery has been ad...
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