Protestant Cemetery

Mortuary Rituals of the Gray Site The mortuary practices examined at this site involve both primary and secondary burials, as well as a variety of post-mortem methods used in the pre-burial stages. One case of a potential cremation has been documented in the site reports. A primary burial is one where the remains are found in relative anatomical order, as the body of the deceased was interred shortly after death as the remains were still fresh. A secondary burial is therefore the opposite – the…

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…

“Hey guys what’s up it’s your two favorite people back at it again with the vlogging and today me and Crimson are going to do the 24 hour graveyard challenge. “At the moment Crimson is driving to the graveyard,” I said. We got an in and out burger before we got to the graveyard and when I lifted my burger to my mouth the grease dripped into my mouth and the sweet and savory meat, cheese, and ketchup exploded in my mouth. As we pulled into the parking lot the screeches of the car tires rolling on…

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…

In anticipation of the podcast assignment, I took the time to listen to a few podcasts on my interests. The first podcast I listened to is the infamous “Welcome to Nightvale”, a series of podcast based on a fictional town located in America. Each episode begins with a short description of the town, a greeting from the host, and signature tune. The pilot episode starts off by setting the mood and tone for the podcast. The host talks in a deep and slow voice, almost as if he is reading a…

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…

fade away. However, some remain deep in the soil of the ground. Many, cemeteries have secrets beneath them or around them. History can be brought upon all cemeteries made into existence. In the cemeteries, there is a large amount of information within the people who are buried underneath. Which, makes it useful to know how these cemeteries got here in the first place. As challenging, as can be in finding information about cemeteries, there are multiple ways of doing so. Many people, wish to know…

Dhanrajh 1 Cheeranjiva Dhanrajh Speech 160 Ms. Adi Mid Term Poetry Midterm Fall 2016 In the poem, In a Disused Graveyard by Robert Frost, the speaker is unknown. This is because the poet does not give any clues whatsoever about who the poet is. Also, there is not any specific occasion happening here. You can tell this because the persona is portraying a feeling rather than describing a specific occasion. The time of the poem is not stated, rendering it not important to the poem. The…

known since she was the wife of the chief. She died February 1, 1839 near Little Rock, Arkansas. Her burial was rediscovered when, “…the broken sandstone grave marker was found under a building in the Mt. Holly Cemetery in Little Rock where graves from an earlier nineteenth-century cemetery had been moved. For preservation, this stone has been given to the Historic Arkansas Museum,” (King, 2005). It is unclear if the original headstone was prepared when she was buried, or if family members…

Anointing of oil has sometimes been understood as a spiritual aid and was joined with other sacramental acts in a larger process of ritual preparation for death. The same council that reminded bishops to perform the blessings of the oil on Holy Thursday passed the following decree concerning the treatment of the sick: "If anyone is borne down by sickness, he should not lack, through priestly negligence, either confession and the sacerdotal prayer or anointing with the sanctified oil. And…