{"id":236533,"date":"2025-09-18T14:23:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/236533\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:23:11","slug":"arlington-designates-abandoned-cemetery-plots-sales-expected-to-begin-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/236533\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington designates abandoned cemetery plots, sales expected to begin in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Arlington City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to declare 1,158 plots in the Arlington Cemetery\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/attachment\/pdf\/3592096\/Staff_Report_-_Arlington_Cemetery_Abandonment_Resolution_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abandoned and available for sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Officials are aiming to open sales next month.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the city is preparing to return the cemetery to full operations. Earlier this month they contracted Wade Funeral Home to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/attachment\/pdf\/3564887\/25-0395_SR_for_Cemetery_Operator_Services__BMA___1_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manage day-to-day operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Stubblefield, city\u2019s strategic initiatives manager, said her team took several important measures leading up to the council\u2019s vote, including re-platting the property to establish available sites.<\/p>\n<p>Stubblefield\u2019s team also reached out to the community through historical organizations, assisted care facilities, a senior-focused publication called Seniorific and social media posts, among other means. Because of those efforts, she said her team received over 40 inquiries about the cemetery and abandoned plots.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s still work left to do now that the council has voted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue some of our administrative processes, set up things like websites, forms, all those good things to be able to actually open sales,\u201d Stubblefield said.<\/p>\n<p>There are plans in place in case someone discovers they have documentation that suggests ownership of a plot now considered abandoned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make it clear to the public that if you later find some documentation about plots in the cemetery, the city is going to make every effort to try to find the same number of plots in a suitable location for those families as part of the good faith effort in opening this up as a public service,\u201d Stubblefield said.<\/p>\n<p>More than 90 gravesites have been reserved through the city\u2019s waitlist system, Stubblefield told the council.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth Report is <a href=\"https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/2024\/08\/25\/fort-worth-report-achieves-global-trust-certification-heres-what-it-means-for-our-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative<\/a> for adhering to standards for ethical journalism.<\/p>\n<p>Republish This Story<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"88\" height=\"31\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" style=\"border-width:0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758084579_646_cc-by-nd-4.0.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republishing is free for noncommercial entities. 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