On 8/23/2016 3:52 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 8/23/2016 5:02 PM, sf wrote:
>
>> So what? Have you never been to a zoo? There are benches for people
>> to sit on and enjoy watching the animals at their leisure. Those
>> benches are often sponsored/donated, and the donor gets a plaque with
>> their name on it (if they wish). I have used many such benches at the
>> zoo and in City parks.
>
> I thought if I was to be buried, I'd like my headstone to be
> a bench. I think I saw that in Midnight in the Garden of Good
> and Evil and it struck my fancy.
>
> Someone wrote to a column, complaining about kids of visitors
> running around and playing in the cemetery, how disrespectful
> to the deceased. I thought If the dead people knew, most of
> them would be Finally! something fun around here.
>
> I don't want to be buried at all, so a bench or something
> nice like that would suit me just fine.
>
> nancy
>
I don't think my parents wanted to be cremated but they had no choice in
the matter. The village cemetery has a separate space for internment and
it's being used more than the traditional burial area.