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Anna Nicole Smith To Be Buried in the Bahamas

admin | February 22, 2007 | 0 Comments

It’s been settled. With all the craze this week, it has finally been decided that Anna Nicole Smith will be buried beside her son, Daniel, at Lakeview Memorial Gardens and Mausoleums in the Bahamas.

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Bodies from Green River Cemetery in MA To Be Exhumed and Reburied

admin | July 27, 2006 | 0 Comments

Thanks to some strong winds that uprooted trees and washed away several yards of soil back in March, about 50 bodies are in danger of sliding 200 feet into the Green River below.

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Lebanon 17th Century Cemetery Mistaken For Modern Mass Grave

admin | June 8, 2006 | 0 Comments

When security forces unearthed 25 decomposed bodies in the village of Anjar in Lebanon, anti-Syrian politicians feared the worst – that it was evidence of atrocities committed while the Syrian military occupied Lebanon.

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The UK Approves of Double Burials

admin | May 30, 2006 | 0 Comments

The idea of burying two bodies in one grave may seem taboo here in the US, but it has finally gained political approval in the UK where burial space is increasingly limited.

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Ed’s Cemetery Traveler Blog

The Cemeteries of Germantown February 6, 2012
Days after our mid-January tramp through Philadelphia’s Germantown cemeteries, I’m worshiping the Neti (pot) god, hoping the water doesn’t contain any parasitic brain-eating amoebas (see link at end). The frigid winter weather made my cold worse, in addition to freezing my fingertips off. But it was worth it. Two fellow cemetery travelers and I checked out […]
The Graves of Old Tampa Bay January 25, 2012
It’s so cold here in Philadelphia in mid-January that the veiled threat of snow makes me want to go to Florida for a while. So here we go. I was in Tampa a couple years ago, and spent some time in its quaint downtown Oaklawn Cemetery. If you think Florida has been northernized by all the tourists and retirees, a quick look at some of the gravestones will rem […]
What to Do with those Broken Old Tombstones? January 14, 2012
I heard something rather shocking the other day from the owner of a farmhouse near an old graveyard in rural Leeds, Maryland. It had to do with old broken tombstones. But just to keep you on edge for a bit, here’s the lead-in to the story. Rural graveyards can be quite small and are difficult to locate. Even with a map, you’ll drive right past them. As I at […]