TULSA, Okla. — 2 News received a call from Kimberly Willis, who said her son’s grave has been neglected and left covered in grass.
Cory Mehaffey was Willis’s son. But on Valentine’s Day, 1999, Willis said she came home to something no parent wants to see.
“He committed suicide at 13 years old. I came home from work and cut the noose from his neck myself,” said Willis.
Cory is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery. Willis said he was her firstborn and a football player at Union High School.
The grave looked clean when 2 News visited, But Willis said she found it looking very different every time she came to grieve.
“I have to dig the grass off and wipe it off, and every Sunday, that’s what I come and have done,” said Willis.
Willis contacted Rose Hill and the city of Tulsa to get the grave cleaned. She …