Tranquility Cemetery opening pushed back
June 16 was the most recent timeline given for the opening of the Tranquility Cemetery in Tomlinsons but that has been delayed.
A new date was not given but Cabinet Spokesperson Maurice Merchant did provide on update on the cause of the latest delays.
“As with these things, trying to get things correct before starting, the cemetery will be utilizing new methods in terms of the burial and the operations. It will not be in the fashion that you are accustom at the old cemetery…A number of items were being procured. There were some delays in procuring those items to facilitate the modern type of burial and I can say to you that in a few short weeks there will a blessing of the area and then burials will commence very soon there at the Sir George Walter Highway,” Merchant explained.
The new cemetery is being built to help alleviate the strain at the St. Johns Public Cemetery.
The Tranquility Park Cemetery will feature uniform and tidy graves, and a non-denominational chapel.
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Comments (7)
Rain July 3, 2025, 1:30 PM
Donna July 3, 2025, 2:53 PM
When additional lands were allocated at Lambert and Valley Cemeteries to buried people didn’t stay this long to prepare the lands.
Is this new public cemetery at Tomlinson another election gimmick—general election closer than we think?
Richard July 3, 2025, 4:27 PM
DoctorC July 3, 2025, 4:38 PM
Apex Jones July 3, 2025, 8:44 PM
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