Memorial for graves identified at Crownsville State Hospital

Memorial for graves identified at Crownsville State Hospital

Its been shut down for more than 20 years now, but Janice Hayes-Williams will never forget the day she contacted the Crownsville State Hospital trying to find out what had become of a late family member named George Phelps.They said, We have a cemetery and it needs work, so I called my uncle. I said, Im going. This was 2001, said Hayes-Williams, and the tears when we looked down and all we saw was numbers. No name. Watch as the community comes t…