Gethsemane Memorial Gardens — Local services in Zebulon

I would STRONGLY DISCOURAGE anyone from putting their loved one here. These people are heartless and only care about money. They are making a fortune off of grieving families. They are disrespectful, callous, unsympathetic and insensitive! My precious 22 week old grand daughter is here and if we could go back and change this we would! My families' world was shattered when we lost our beautiful little angel in March 2016. My daughter suffered from a pain that no mother should ever have to go through, the loss of her child. She thought that she was laying her child to rest in a memorial garden that was beautiful like her daughter. But the truth is, Sandra White, the administrator has turned this memorial garden into a nightmare! In the most emotional time of a persons life they should not have to worry about being taken advantage of. Our family made funeral arrangements which included a tent & 20 chairs only to be told that we WEREN'T ALLOWED to use them. Sandra informed us that Gethsemane only allowed their tents and chairs to be used. Of course, her tent & chairs come with an additional $250.00 charge...WHICH IS OBSURED! Then we asked if we could hire a specific business to dig the grave and we were told, "No, she has her own people!" The business that we were going to hire is a reputable, honest, local business. Next, we were told that the headstone had to be ordered and paid for through her and if it was purchased elsewhere then there's an extra fee for installing it...which consists of laying it on the ground & digging out an inch of dirt around it. I could have installed myself. So...not only is she getting paid for the cemetery plot, but she's also making money from the tents and chairs, the grave site, & the headstone. Talk about triple dipping...I would say so! These people get as much money out of one grieving family as possible! This should be against the law! I visit my granddaughter every week or two just to check on her flowers & to put things on her grave that are special. When my grand daughter was buried there in March, our family & loved ones put items on her grave that were sentimental to us. To my despair one day, EVERYTHING was GONE! Her flowers, her angel, her flag, and her solar hummingbird had all been taken and thrown AWAY. I went looking for our things &I found them behind the mausoleum! I found trash bags full of items that loved ones had put out there on their loved ones graves. As I looked around, two particular things stood out... a little army jeep & a stuffed animal! My heart just broke, I couldn't help but cry. I knew that the family members of these little children were going to be as devastated as I was when they realize that their sentimental items were trashed. I called my daughter to let her know that all of our things had been thrown away. She called the office & no one answered so she left a message stating that she was very upset b/c her babies stuff had been thrown away & she'd appreciate a return call. After calling several times & leaving several messages, Sandra finally returned her call. Sandra was cold, rude, heartless and uncompassionate to my daughter's feelings. First, she tried to say that someone may have stolen the items & that we shouldn't leave any items that were irreplaceable or sentimental. Then she blamed the grounds keepers & said,"She would contact them & try to get her things back." Last but not least, she finally said, "It was in the bylaws that any items that weren't on or in the headstone would be removed!" My daughter explained to her that these items had been there since the funeral in March & if this was against the rules then why hadn't she notified before 6 months went by. Why was it necessary for her to lie & blame everyone else. If that isn't bad enough, my daughter got a message telling her that if the headstone isn't paid for by a certain date then they will remove the temporary headstone & her daughter won't have anything to mark her grave! My advice about Gethsemane Memorial Garden is GO...

If I had to choose in this unfortunate situation I would NOT put my loved one here!!!!! My 8.5 month old nephew is here and I go to see him every two weeks sometimes every week! Me and my mom like to put things there for him during holidays and seasons..... We put flowers in his vase and sometimes put solar figurines on his headstone, and I have made different seasonal items such as a shamrock with his name on it on a stake( that has been put out there since the first year he was buried) to be put in the ground right beside his headstone. My nephew has been here for going on 3 years, the first year he was there everything he was buried with such as a solar monkey, a little porcelain change holder that his brother, sister and cousin would put change in that sat on his head stone, a iron cross and a couple of other items were thrown away by manager Dyann in the trash at which time I contacted Dyann and she informed me (with no remorse) she would put into place a plan of action if something like this was to happen again she would keep items for 30 day and contact the family. About 2 weeks ago I had put his shamrock out beside him as I have done every year since he has been there and I got a phone call saying that the shamrock along with his solar monkey that was attached to his headstone was found in a trashbag behind the moselium! Now as a family member of a loved one that has been place here I would recommend to anyone who has to make this unfortunate decision DONOT!!! put your love one here if you want to be able to go and give to them the only way...

As a grieving aunt I would recommend NOT putting any loved ones here! My 22 week old niece was premature and sadly laid to rest in March 2016 at the disrespectful establishment. To start everything the funeral package included a tent and chairs for the graveside service but Dyann and Sandra made it clear they were not aloud to be used, We had to purchase chairs and the tent from them along with many other ridiculous scams to obtain more money from grieving families. These people do nothing but get as much money from one death as possible! My family has put many things on her grave and this week we go out there like we do every week and all of her things were gone (Flowers, Baby angel, Flag with her name, And a solar flair put there by her brother.) We started looking around and all we found were her flowers along with a pile of other centimantal belongings torn from others Graves. There were trash bags full of things. A teddy bear and a little car jeep really struck me because who in their right mind is going to take these things from a loved ones grave?! Sandra has no heart and shows no remorse when spoken to and Dyann is the same way! DO NOT CONSIDER THESE DISRESPECTFUL PEOPLE TO WATCH OVER YOUR LOVED ONES...