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Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast By Glenn A. Knoblock

Arcadia Publishing has releases a new title in the Images of America series, the historic account of the cemeteries along the New Hampshire Seacoast. This collection is a must for anyone interested in local history, genealogy, or colonial-era art. Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast and browse other cemetery books!

Green-Wood Cemetery By Alexandra Mosca

Arcadia Publishing announces the release of the historic account of one of New York's most famous cemeteries. Aracdia Publishing's Images of America series has an extensive catalog of many cemetery publications! Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Quoting Death in Early Modern England: The Poetics of Epitaphs Beyond the Tomb By Scott L. Newstok

An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts. Visit Palgrave Macmillan and purchase your copy today!

Living by the Dead By Ellen Ashdown with illustrations by Mary Liz Moody.

A memoir about living beside a cemetery--and about the members of my family who came to rest at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida. Please visit Kitsune Books for more information.

Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski.

Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!

Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers

For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.

Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman

Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture is now available. Please visit Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark

Features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.

Family suing Maryville cremation company over mix-up PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 07 October 2007
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An Alabama family has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that a Maryville cremation company mixed up the identification of the remains of three people. The family of Mark Gibson, who live in Foley, Alabama, is seeking $500,000 in damages in a federal lawsuit against Littlebrook Cremation Company and owner Wallace Thurman.

After Gibson died on April 29th, the lawsuit says the family received remains with an identification tag of another man. A forensic anthropologist discovered that three people's remains had been misidentified. One woman's ashes were incorrectly interred at the Tennessee Veterans Cemetery.

An attorney for the family said all remains have now been returned to their proper places.

The lawsuit doesn't explain how the remains were misidentified. An attorney for the company declined to comment.

The owner of the cremation company tells 6 News he has been advised not to talk to anyone.  He says he apologizes and the ashes are now all in their proper place.

http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=7177990&nav=0RYv

 
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