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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