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Louisiana cemetery changes 'whites only' contract after Black sheriff's deputy denied burial N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY © Karla Semien The Semien family. A small Louisiana cemetery has changed its sales contracts after a Black sheriff's deputy was denied burial because of a provision that allowed only white people to be buried there. The board of Oaklin Springs Cemetery held an emergency meeting Thursday to change the provision, which had been in the sales contracts since the cemetery was founded in the late 1950s, according to board president H. Creig Vizena. He said th...

Allen Parish family outraged after being denied burial plot Allen Parish family outraged after being denied burial plot and last updated 2021-01-27 23:19:41-05 Madison and Shayla Semien were left in shock when they recently visited Oaklin Spring Cemetery near Oakdale to get a plot for their father, Darrell Semien. "She just looked us cold in the face, and straight up said, 'I can't sell you a plot,'" Madison said. "She said, 'Unfortunately I'm unable to sell you a plot, this graveyard is not for people of color, it's white human being cemetery only,'" Shayla added. According to the Semiens...

Louisiana family denied burial plot in ‘whites only’ cemetery The graveyard has since changed its by-laws Oberlin cemetery is 'whites only' By Jennifer Lott | January 27, 2021 at 9:15 PM CST - Updated January 31 at 4:02 PM OBERLIN, La. (KPLC) - When the wife of a deceased Allen Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy went to meet with a representative of a cemetery, she was shocked to hear they wouldn’t let her husband be buried there. As it turns out, Oaklin Springs Cemetery in Oberlin only allowed certain races to be buried there. Since then, the cemetery board has changed t...

In a textbook case of insult added to injury, one Allen Parish family is still in utter disbelief after their loved one was denied burial in a South Louisiana cemetery due to the color of his skin. Darrell Semien was an Allen Parish Sheriff's Deputy who served his community for 15 years. Semien was diagnosed with cancer in December of 2020. Over the final few weeks of his life, he expressed to his family that he wanted his final resting place to be the Oaklin Springs Cemetery due to its close proximity to their family home. It was in their by-laws that the cemetery was ‘white’s only.’ I...