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Schardein, Eastern and Greenwood cemeteries are under new scrutiny following WDRB News reporting that revealed unspent money for their care and no one managing a spending account
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No one has been overseeing a trust fund for three cemeteries, while more than $43,000 for their upkeep was sitting unspent in a deceased supervisor’s bank account.
A WDRB News investigation last month revealed lax oversight of Greenwood, Eastern and Schardein cemeteries under a decades-old management arrangement through Jefferson Circuit Court
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Jefferson Circuit Judge Patricia “Tish” Morris told the Kentucky Attorney General's office this week to appear in court September 23 to schedule a status conference.
In recent years, the system responsible for Eastern, Schardein and Greenwood cemeteries has failed the families whose loved ones are buried there, a WDRB News investigation has found.
The money came to light in a recent filing in a court case that governs access to and maintenance of Eastern, Greenwood and Schardein cemeteries.
Felton Snow, who played and managed in the Negro Leagues for almost 20 years, was buried in an unmarked grave at Eastern Cemetery in 1974.
A former Negro League baseball player who lived in Louisville is being honored 48 years after he was buried in an unmarked grave, thanks to collaboration of several local organizations.
Reverend Thomas Fountain Blue, the son of enslaved parents, became the first African American to lead a public library in the U.S. when he was hired at Louisville's Western Branch.
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The 4-acre lot has been untouched for years.