Union commissioners turn down crematory

Project opponent Michael Thornton told commissioners that property values drop 12% in areas near a crematory.

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected]  By a 3-2 vote, Union County Commissioners rejected a special exception to its zoning code that would have allowed J.R. Davis Acquisitions, LLC. to build a crematory on Little Springs Road in Worthington Springs. Commissioners approved a rezoning for the nine-acre parcel in April and considered the special exception in July.…

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