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.


There's a lovely little mini - park nearby, it's in the middle of an intersection where two streets converge. Many flowers, etc. There's a cool fountain, inscribed, "In Memory of Our Dear Pickle - And All The Good Times We Had With You" ... she was a locally well - known bartender back in the day. I think Pickles would be very happy with her memorial ;-)


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Best
Greg