I found my great grandfather in Peidmont MO in a field next to a cow pasture. He had five stones as a marker. My 2x great grand father is buried in Weakley county Tenn. on the family farm of 1850. Can't find his head stone.
> On Sep 9, 2014, at 1:57 PM, Angie Wilderman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I agree with you. My parents are both buried in NYC a long way from me but
> I arrange for flowers each Christmas and am sorry that I cannot get to
> their gravesite. I remember at age 20 going to the cemetery where my
> mother's ancestors are buried and feeling very connected. I hope that I
> have a headstone with my name on it too. I guess I should make
> arrangements and not leave it to chance.
>
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Mary Sands "Sandy" Satterwhite <
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>> Ms. Moses and I are in the same boat, I've never commented on any of the
>> topics I've read on this board either. This question really touched me,
>> that someone was even giving this subject some thought. Thank you, Mr.
>> Huffstutler.
>>
>> All I can say is that 17 years ago, I began the search for my paternal
>> great-grandparents' graves (both of whom I never knew). My
>> great-grandfather had been a farmer in Hanover County. Long story short,
>> after years of searching, I found the graves deep in the woods near their
>> home. They were simple folk, who worked hard and loved the land they
>> worked. As I stood where they had been buried, I felt a connection that
>> time could not negate. That moment gave me a link to my past as nothing
>> else has ever done.
>>
>> Sandy Satterwhite
>>
>>
>>> On 9/8/2014 9:08 PM, marsha moses wrote:
>>>
>>> I rarely comment on this message board because it is more erudite than I
>>> am......but it hit me that I actually have something to say tonight. My
>>> phone quit....I went to Walmart to buy a cheap speaker to get me through
>>> until Apple makes it's big announcement tomorrow. The man in the line with
>>> me was buying red roses for his wife's grave. Not the kind that last....a
>>> bouquet......took my breath.....His buying roses definitely cut into his
>>> income....I could look at him and know that. Cemeteries are NOT a thing of
>>> the past. I leave it up to my children to decide what to do with my
>>> remains. But I want a stone in the cemetery beside the stone of my
>>> husband. I do not expect a bouquet of roses....just a stone that tells who
>>> I was. Marsha Moses
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 8, 2014, at 11:10 AM, Eric Huffstutler <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Let me pose this question to the group for a poll sampling.
>>>>
>>>> This ties into my involvement to try and save a large abandoned
>>>> cemetery. The question is:
>>>>
>>>> There is a trend for cremation today. Society as a whole has turned away
>>>> from traditions in general for a no fuss life.
>>>>
>>>> Other than cost factors, are traditional burials now out of vogue
>>>> because no one wants to go through all of the Pomp and Circumstance of the
>>>> funeral then bother with driving to a grave for visits and grounds keeping?
>>>> That it is easier to scatter the ashes and be done with it or simply dust
>>>> an urn? Could this be why so many cemeteries are becoming overgrown and
>>>> turning into jungles like Evergreen here in Richmond?
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>>
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