Tired of waiting around for the City of Philadelphia to do something, residents decided to take matters literally into their own hands.
"I don't know whose running the show, but I know this is terrible," said Nashell Harris.
For the last several years, the owners and operators of Mount Moriah have allowed the cemetery to fall into disrepair; gravestones toppled over, trees, weeds and grass growing out of control.
"We love our family, we love our parents and we put them here to rest, their final resting place. And now that they're here, this is not a resting place this is a disaster dumping ground," Salimah Tuff said.
Spreading the word through social networks, many gathered to do something about it even if they didn't have the right tools for the job.
"We needed a big mower to come through here and at least cut the grass," said Tuff. "We have to do it with our hands, and with scissors; bare hands, scissors and rakes."
Things would prove trickier for Eleanor Thomas because the grave of her 13 year old son, Tybey Thomas, who died back in November of cancer, has become a sink hole.
"I've been in the crazy house twice already behind this when he passed away, this here is not making it any better," said Eleanor Thomas.
Thomas and others have hounded the funeral parlors to get information.
"They claim they can't give me any information," said Thomas. "Somebody has to be in charge, somebody took the money."
The buildings in the cemetery look like a scene right out of a Vincent Price horror movie, and owner or owners seem nowhere to be found.
Calls placed to the office get a recording saying that the cemetery is temporarily out of business.
No further information is available, and people here want the city to investigate.
"I would like for Mayor Nutter to come out here and take a look at it," said Fanta Richardson, "and I wonder how Mayor Nutter would feel if his loved ones are lying out here. He's the Mayor of the city, and I feel he should do something about it."
"I really do think the city, Mayor Nutter investigation should go on about the cemetery," Keisha Duval said.
People want answers, and they are no longer willing to sit around without someone being held accountable for the deplorable conditions at Mount Moriah Cemetery.