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Morgan City officials plan to build a new mausoleum similar to this one at the city cemetery. The mausoleum will have 102 tandem chambers and 30 single chambers. (The Daily Review photos/Zachary Fitzgerald)

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Cemetery Manager Pete Lawton shows the spot where officials expect to construct the mausoleum at the intersection of Myrtle Street and Memory Lane.

City plans to build new mausoleum

As space becomes scarce in the Morgan City cemetery, plans are in the works to maximize available room and build a new mausoleum off of Myrtle Street. The new mausoleum will be directly behind the mausoleum at the corner of Myrtle Street and Memory Lane, which goes through the cemetery. Mausoleums are an above-ground alternative to ground burials in which people can choose to place their loved ones’ remains. The cemetery has 11 mausoleum buildings of various sizes, and city officials are in the planning stages to build a 12th one. There are another 60 single chambers and 11 tandem ...

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