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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.

Driver Pleads Guilty to Stealing Coffin PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Tuesday, 20 March 2007
Zimbabwe--A Mashfords Funeral Services driver yesterday pleaded guilty to stealing a coffin which he had been instructed to deliver for a burial in Guruve and selling it to dealers in Bindura. Maxwell Mutendebvure admitted to theft before  Harare magistrate Mr Kudakwashe Jarabini and will be sentenced today.

Mutendebvure had driven to Guruve to deliver a coffin bought by Rose Acre Crèche and Pre-school director Ms Rose Chirenje for the burial of her sister.

However, by the time he arrived in Guruve, burial had already taken place and the coffin was no longer required. He was then asked by the customer to take the coffin to his employer's funeral parlour in Bindura for storage in the event of another death in the family.

However, on his way back, Mutendebvure stopped at the home industry site in Bindura where he sold the coffin to dealers.

On arrival at the Harare parlour, he lied to his employer that the coffin had been used.

The matter came to light a week later when Ms Chirenje went to Mashfords to claim the unused coffin after another relative had died at Harare Central Hospital.

Upon receiving the report, Mashfords security officer Mr Robert Makombore investigated and discovered that Mutendebvure had sold the coffin in Bindura.

Ms Chirenje had bought the coffin for $570 000.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200703200119.html

 
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