Hi, I sure hope someone can help us! There is a cemetery in East Point, GA that has been abandoned! It is Roseland Cemetery. Roseland is located on the north side of Cleveland Ave. in southwest Atlanta, just west (& right next to) Interstate 85 freeway, and about a block east if the East Point city limits. It contains about 461 lots that will hold up to 6 graves per lot. It is approx 8 acres. It is in deplorable condition! There are trees and bushes growing in and around the graves. People have been dumping trash and old furniture in a ravine toward the back of the property. Homeless people are actually living there! Bill and Gwen Gazaway who have family members buried there, as I do, started a volunteer organization to get the cemetery cleaned up. In the last year, several trees have been removed and graves uncovered. As a matter of fact, they finally got the city of Atlanta to remove about 5000 tires that had been dumped on top of graves!!! Some families have donated money, others their time and effort. However, it is overwhelming! Even with all the mowing and weed eating taking place, it just has to be done again and again and therefore it's hard to actually make forward progress. Many of the graves are covered in fire ant beds! Also, many of the relatives of those buried there cannot be located or are probably dead themselves. Most of those we've contacted are retired or older and therefore do not have the strength, ability, or finances to do all that is necessary! We just do not have the money to restore the cemetery as it should be and to remove the many huge remaining trees. All we can hope to do is keep the grass cut and weeds pulled. Does anyone know of any organization that we might be able to get to help us with the expense and or volunteers to help us with this massive undertaking? Is there any type of funding for this type of effort? Can anyone point me in the right direction????? PLEASE, if anyone can help with any information that might help, I would be so thankful to hear from you. My email address is [email protected] Thanking you in advance, Lorrie Parham Burns P.S. There are many war veterans buried there, including at least one confederate soldier who died in the late 1800s. There are also some Jewish graves.