Cemetery

been in the funeral home business for thirty years. He is the director at the West Resthaven Funeral Home. Mr. Marty Thompson developed his interests in the funeral home business when he was young. It started off for him by cutting grass at a cemetery in Ohio. After, events in his life just caused him to continue down that career path. They saw many changes in the funeral industry in the last five to ten years. One such change is that they started making jewelry with the deceased's…

mystery, as is their identity. These are the “Unknowns.” Collected altogether in one cemetery are Unknowns from World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War (Arlington National Cemetery). The most famous Unknown is from World War I and he rests below the familiar white-marbled Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a national monument in one of the most honorable cemeteries, that pays respect to the soldiers that have sacrificed their lives in war, even…

Exploration Cemeteries do not frighten me; they are serene places that are frequently neglected until a new tenant comes to reside. Unlike some individuals I know, I would not mind if I lived next door to one. It is not as if the occupants are going to be climbing up from their plot and banging on my door asking for a cup of tea with a bit of sugar. The notion of my demise does make me uneasy, but no one can elude death. Sooner or later (I hope a lot later) my final abode will be a cemetery.…

For this project I visited two totally opposite cemeteries, Friendship cemetery located in Columbus, MS and Memorial Gardens located in Columbus, MS off of highway 82. I went to both of these cemeteries on Sunday, November 1, 2015. An individual once said that cemeteries are like museums without walls (Marcus). I can relate to that statement when I visited Friendship cemetery, it was so interesting to me. Friendship gave me the feeling you get when you get a new book to read, and I could not…

The first piece of physical evidence of ancient civilization I want to discuss is Otzi the Iceman. In September of 1991, hikers in the Ötztal Alps stumbled on a body that was still partially frozen in a glacier. The Body was made discoverable due to climate changes forcing the glacier to melt. The hikers originally thought that they had found an unfortunate hiker who had disappears just a few decades ago. The hikers were baffled when they were told that the body they had found was thousands of…

Touching a piece of history can be compelling, especially when combined with an equally compelling setting far from the madding crowd. Santa Cruz (sacred or holy cross) Cemetery offers an intriguing window into Gold Country’s legendary past and a pastoral foothill landscape reminiscent of early California before the world rushed in. At the entrance an interesting stone monument placed by E Clampus Vitus reveals a brief history of the place, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. It is immensely…

the official religion and cremation was banned. In more modern times, many argued that cremation was favorable because reducing the body to ash in a few hour was more sanitary than decomposition and it is an answer to the problem of overcrowded cemeteries. The correct way to…

try anything. Out of all his tormentors, the most profound was the grave digger, who had hated Russel ever since he learnt that Russel was too scared to consider even crossing the cemetery. This man never missed an opportunity to mock him. It was a cold winter evening, just like any other, when Russel stared at the cemetery, contemplating walking through it to save a precious many minutes, then dismissed the idea just as quickly, as he imagined what lurked under the countless graves. And…

upwards in the corporation following development training. • Geographic Reach – SCI has over 2,000 facilities including cemeteries and funeral homes in 44 states and 8 Canadian provinces. • Community outreach and participation – To combat the corporate image, SCI focuses on community integration by hosting annual, celebratory events in the cities and towns it purchases cemeteries and funeral homes in. Additionally, they reach out to the community by hosting food and blood drives and providing…

have occurred, but the one place that remained the same, was the cemetery. The place had a gloomy and dilapidated feel to it, nobody had the money to fix it, and nobody had the will to do it. The bushes were overgrown and weeds spewed out from cracks in the pavement. On the day of Bob’s funeral, the sun was hidden from us behind the curtain of grey clouds. We were never tempted to venture near the cemetery. Our belief of the cemetery being inhabited by lurking haints was enough to keep even the…