Due to theft problems, the gates at Gillililand Cemetery will be closed each evening, Harlan Smith told The New Era last week.
Smith, the cemetery caretaker, said the cemetery isn’t experiencing vandalism, but someone has been stealing items left at memorials on the graves.
“They’re taking decorations and things of sentimental value to families,” Smith said. “For example, someone had left three potted plants at a grave site on Valentine’s Day. They were stolen. On…