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Marble Falls cemetery visitors appalled by overgrown conditions; city starts trimming, cites budget issues

MARBLE FALLS — When family members arrived at the City of Marble Falls cemetery Easter Sunday to place flowers at grave sites, they were overwhelmed by high weeds and overgrown conditions.

"It shouldn’t get like this," said Dennis Heffington.e and his wife Rhonda Heffington went to the cemetery the morning of April 8 to place flowers at her parents’ burial site. He couldn’t even get out of the car because she was so upset by how bad it was," said Heffington, a local businessman.

But city officials the next day said crews were headed out to take care of the weeds and overgrown grass.

"I have two guys going out this morning," said Parks Superintendent Lewis Fincher. "I’ll have two more heading out this afternoon. It will probably take them about three days to get it all mowed and cleaned up."

Fincher said the city had been waiting to let the wildflowers go to seed, while the tightened budget presents another challenge.

"Right now we only have four guys," he said. "We have eight positions, but only four are filled due to budget constraints."

Heffington said the condition of the cemetery left him dismayed.

It wasn’t just the fact that his wife’s parents’ final resting place was overgrown, but many veterans are buried as well at the graveyard, 300 Ave. S.

"If the city needs help, I’ll be glad to get some guys together and come out here to clean it up," he said.