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When does the line typically stop when it comes to family members being buried..
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:01 am
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:01 am
together?
Apologies for the cliffhanger title but I ran out of room.
So in my hometown my grandparents, uncles, and dad are all buried in our family plot at the local cemetery. My mom will be there when it's her time to go. But at what point does this stop? I'm sure that I'm supposed to be there too, but I don't live in that town anymore. And I mean even if I was put there to be with my family, what about my future wife? And what if we have a few kids? I mean there's only so much room there so it's gotta stop eventually. Are you considered an ahole if you say "ehhhh sorry family, I'm gonna go start my own thing in another cemetery"?
Apologies for the cliffhanger title but I ran out of room.
So in my hometown my grandparents, uncles, and dad are all buried in our family plot at the local cemetery. My mom will be there when it's her time to go. But at what point does this stop? I'm sure that I'm supposed to be there too, but I don't live in that town anymore. And I mean even if I was put there to be with my family, what about my future wife? And what if we have a few kids? I mean there's only so much room there so it's gotta stop eventually. Are you considered an ahole if you say "ehhhh sorry family, I'm gonna go start my own thing in another cemetery"?
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Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:01 am to WG_Dawg
2 people 1 coffin
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:02 am to WG_Dawg
Well isn't this just an uplifting Saturday morning thread
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:02 am to WG_Dawg
Never. I think it is awesome to have generation after generation together
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:03 am to WG_Dawg
Oldest gets dug up.
Out with the old
In with the new
Out with the old
In with the new
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:03 am to WG_Dawg
This sounds like it might just be a Georgia thing.
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:04 am to Giantkiller
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This sounds like it might just be a Georgia thing.
which part, being buried with your family? In LA do they just pick an open field to throw you into?
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:07 am to WG_Dawg
I'm going to be cremated and my ashes spread in a bayou.
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:08 am to WG_Dawg
Swamp
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:18 am to WG_Dawg
after two generations, no one goes to graves anymore. just get cremated.
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:22 am to WG_Dawg
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Are you considered an ahole if you say "ehhhh sorry family, I'm gonna go start my own thing in another cemetery"?
They are dead, I really don't think they will be upset.
I don't care what happens to me after I die. How will I even know? It is so silly. Just cremate me and spread my ashes somewhere that makes the living person feel better.
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:29 am to WG_Dawg
So I've got some experience & opinions here.
I think moving away from an area gives you the option of being buried (or having a marker, as we did for my cremated mom) wherever you feel most connected to at the time of your death or during your life.
Past 3-4 generations of both sides of family (mom's & dad's) are buried in cemeteries nearby each other (my parents are divorced though).
My dad informed me a few years back that he and his brother bought 18 plots in the cemetery where his parents are. 9 each. Did I want some? (That was a WTF? conversation.)
I haven't lived in that area in years. My husband and kids have no connection to the area other than me, and I'm closer to them than my childhood family. And if we get stuck in the afterlife interacting with the people we're buried near, I'd need somebody to kill me again before I stayed there for eternity.
Also, I want to be cremated, not embalmed and buried.
Myself, with being cremated, I might just request a marker (or ash spread) at all of them- with Mom's family, dad's family, where I live now, where I retire, tiger stadium, the coast of Italy (family might as well make it a vacation, right?)
I think moving away from an area gives you the option of being buried (or having a marker, as we did for my cremated mom) wherever you feel most connected to at the time of your death or during your life.
Past 3-4 generations of both sides of family (mom's & dad's) are buried in cemeteries nearby each other (my parents are divorced though).
My dad informed me a few years back that he and his brother bought 18 plots in the cemetery where his parents are. 9 each. Did I want some? (That was a WTF? conversation.)
I haven't lived in that area in years. My husband and kids have no connection to the area other than me, and I'm closer to them than my childhood family. And if we get stuck in the afterlife interacting with the people we're buried near, I'd need somebody to kill me again before I stayed there for eternity.
Also, I want to be cremated, not embalmed and buried.
Myself, with being cremated, I might just request a marker (or ash spread) at all of them- with Mom's family, dad's family, where I live now, where I retire, tiger stadium, the coast of Italy (family might as well make it a vacation, right?)
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:32 am to WG_Dawg
Got a lot of my family members buried in Eunice LA and Opelousas. I believe my dad will want to be buried there in Eunice with his brothers, but I'd rather be buried in my hometown in Bama.
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:57 am to blueridgeTiger
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going to be cremated and my ashes spread in a bayou.
Actually what my dad asked for. He's the first of his family to not be buried at Lacassine Cemetary.
Posted on 3/5/16 at 10:43 am to WG_Dawg
We have a family cemetery. The upside is that it is about 1/10 the price of other cemeteries.
Posted on 3/5/16 at 10:47 am to WG_Dawg
You wouldn't be the first dude on top your mom.
I kid because I don't like thinking about the subject.
I kid because I don't like thinking about the subject.
Posted on 3/5/16 at 10:49 am to BigPerm30
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You wouldn't be the first dude on top your mom.
Does LA make a habit of burying people on top of each other? Strange.
Posted on 3/5/16 at 10:53 am to WG_Dawg
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Does LA make a habit of burying people on top of each other? Strange.
Yeah, it's pretty typical in NOLA. I think they pull the coffin out after a period of time put the remains in a body bag and there is a vault in the crypt that stack them in. Weird shite. At least that's what was explained to me by the funeral home.
Posted on 3/5/16 at 10:55 am to BigPerm30
I worked at a funeral home for a few years and I've never seen this in my life. Then again we didn't really deal with crypts either.
Posted on 3/5/16 at 10:56 am to Doosh606
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Well isn't this just an uplifting Saturday morning thread
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