Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller
In the video, which has since been taken down, an unseen narrator alleges that the grave markers had been illegally removed from a Tullahoma cemetery.
However, according to Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller, the tombstones depicted in the video were never installed in any cemetery.
The markers are located on private property located on “Z” Lane in Franklin County which is off of Highway 130, according to Fuller.
“The tombstones/grave markers that were found were actually unwanted or misspelled markers that were never used and needed to be disposed of,” Fuller said Thursday. “There was no malice or negligence involved and these markers were just properly disposed of.”
Fuller also said that his investigators have traced where the grave markers came from and talked with officials with the monument company.
“They came from a local monument company and were properly disposed of and there is nothing sinister about the disposal site,” the sheriff reiterated.
Fuller said it is not uncommon for monument companies to dispose of misspelled or unwanted grave markers.
On Thursday morning, the man posted a new message on his Facebook page apologizing to the property owners and explaining why he decided to take the video down.
“I want to apologize to the family in my recent video. I never expected that video to go viral,” he wrote. “I also never said a name nor said the owners of that property were involved. I have talked to the owner personally. We have both received death threats. I removed the video to do what’s right.”
