re: Memphis mayor wants to dig up Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest and wife

I graduated from the Health Science Center across the street from the park. If I recall correctly (if the story is true), his family anticipated this. We were told if the bodies are moved, the land reverts back to the ownership of his family. We were even told that the city tried to give the park to the UTHSC so they wouldn't have to deal with this. The HSC kindly declined. This is all hearsay, but it's the story that we were always told in school.