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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.

Families back settlement with funeral company PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Tuesday, 21 September 2004
Sept 21, 2004

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. - Four elderly women testified Monday about the horror of discovering problems at two Jewish cemeteries where their relatives were buried, but they told a judge they support a $76 million settlement with Houston-based Service Corporation International and its SCI Florida subsidiary. "I couldn't believe it. This is almost like holy ground," said Joan Light, whose mother and father were not buried where they were supposed to be. "I think anybody involved with what went on should be punished — everybody."

Circuit Judge Leonard Fleet was attentive to both the emotional and financial implications of the agreement between relatives of the people buried at the Menorah Gardens cemeteries and their owner, SCI.

The hearing, which was expected to last two or three days, centers on the largest chunk of $123 million in total settlements the nation's largest funeral service company has negotiated with families and the state.

The worst complaints covered two graves that were broken open with backhoes and the bones tossed into the woods to make room for fresh burials. Frequent problems included misplaced burials in cemeteries with layouts that were too tight for casket liners and crooked rows where markers did not reflect what was underground.

Court-appointed examiner Richard Baldwin estimated 557 graves in the Broward and Palm Beach county cemeteries may require disinterment to correct mistakes and make room for burial contracts, but he thought as little as $20,000 would be needed for DNA testing.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2806014
 
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