New policies at Mathis cemetery raises concerns [Video]

Residents told 3NEWS Descanso Eterno Cemetery management removed decorations at their loved ones’ burial sites without their families’ consent.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Several families are raising concerns about decorations that were cleared from their loved ones’ plots at the Descanso Eterno Cemetery due to new policies that prohibit certain tributes and decorations.

Community members told 3NEWS they have visited their loved ones at this cemetery in Mathis for decades and say the rules are not fair to them or their deceased family members.

Brenda Baez has several family members buried at the cemetery. She recently had two young cousins laid to rest.

Baez said decorations like painted stones and turf that once decorated their plots, were removed by management.

“The last thing I want to think about when I come to see my cousins is, ‘Is their stuff still here that I remember them by?’ But it wasn’t to …