The Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information in the recent vandalism to the Tedrow Cemetery.
Law enforcement officers responded to a July 17 report that vandals had defaced the cemetery in Athens Township, Section 19, and found that approximately 40 headstones had been knocked over and broken. The estimated $20,000 to $30,000 damage occurred between July 11 and July 17.
Tedrow is a pioneer cemetery. To be considered a pioneer cemetery, there must be less than 12 burials during a 50-year period. Approximately five years ago, many of the headstones had been cleaned, repaired and restored with funds from the Ringgold County Pioneer Cemetery Commission.
Anyone with information on this crime is asked to contact the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office at 641-464-3921.