In June 2022, New South Associates conducted a ground-penetrating radar survey of Vick Cemetery.
Last week, via public records request to the City of Wilson, I asked for a copy of the GPR report. (Having heard nothing about the results of the survey, I assumed I would be told the report had not yet been completed and was not yet available.)
Today I received the report.
It is dated 7 September 2022.
My first emotional response was disappointment, followed closely by anger. And then I opened the 143-page report. And was overtaken by grief.
It will take me a minute to digest this document and pull together my thoughts on its significance for past and future. For now, I shame the devil by sharing its heart — the revelation that Vick Cemetery holds at least 4224 dead. That it is nearly FULL of graves. And the City was in no hurry to tell you about it.
