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. 
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> This ties into my involvement to try and save a large abandoned cemetery. The question is: 
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> There is a trend for cremation today. Society as a whole has turned away from traditions in general for a no fuss life. 
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> 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? 
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> Eric 
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