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In the ground, or in the fire, what's your choice for when that time comes?

Burial n the ground

  • Cremation

    Votes: 57 85.1%
  • Burial at Sea

    Votes: 3 4.5%
  • Burial in the ground.

    Votes: 7 10.4%

  • Total voters
    67
Found out recently that whether you're in a casket or urn, you can be planted in the ground at a national cemetery. I like the idea. Going to be interred with the ashes of my last two service dogs.

My wish is to be cremated. My wife wants the casket. The VA will put us both in the ground at a national cemetery (Canton). We'll share the same headstone.
 
I own 10 lots at the local Douglasville cemetery. I bought them when I had my first wife and she wanted to be buried next to her family. I'm being cremated and I think she has opted for that too. So, since there are headstones and crap like that all over the place I thought it would be a good place to plant a garden. I asked the funeral director is I could use the land for that since I wasn't going to be buried there. He said "nope" and that was that. I figured it was pretty fertile soil and would probably be a good place with a lot of sun but guess not. He did offer to buy back the plots about about 25 cents on the dollar and I told him "nope"

I still own 2 lots down in Atlanta. My dad bought them as a place for him and mom. My grandparents, youngest sister, aunts and uncles are all buried down there (Crestlawn) but every time we went down to visit I always packed heavy and had back ups in the car. Never really felt safe down there. They locked up the mausoleum so you can't even visit there. Long time ago I had a date and she wanted to see inside. The building is huge and has private prayer rooms for the families. We were the only ones in there and ended up doing the nasty across a table in one of the rooms. I'd like to visit it again just for old times sake (I asked her long ago if she wanted to try that again but she didn't even remember who I was). Anyway, you can't get in without an escort and have to know someone specific to visit.

I tried selling those 2 lots 8 or 10 years ago but no takers at less than half price.

Funerals are just too much money for too little service and too small a plot (my brother in law was a big BIG boy and when he got killed in a fork lift roll over accident, his coffin was big boy size and the vault for it was extra large also. Added about 6K to the funeral cost.
 
With the **** I post on here, you might as well burn me all the way up...

Matter of fact, place my ashes in a blunt so my ex wife can blow me one last time...
 
My wife and I both went to the funeral home about 3 years ago and pre-paid our cremations. I don't want them to do a funeral or anything. The only thing they do is when they get our bodies, if the family wants to see us one last time, they will lay us out on a table with a sheet over and they can come in and see us before they pack us off to be cremated. We will both have going home services at our church (no charge) and my daughter can have some of the ashes if she wants and Carol can have the rest.

At the time it was about $1600 each but I think it has gone up considerably since then.


My folks did this YEARS before they passed.

My wife and I will do it as well.

You cannot believe the burden you relieve your survivors from having to plan the whole event. My folks' pre-planning their funerals was a real blessing.
 
Personally I'm considering full body composting. Then I'm going to have zucchini planted in part of me hoping for one last ride, pot planted on the other part so all those folks who kept trying to share a joint with me over the years can finally get to.
 
Personally I'm considering full body composting. Then I'm going to have zucchini planted in part of me hoping for one last ride, pot planted on the other part so all those folks who kept trying to share a joint with me over the years can finally get to.
That is certainly creative. Good luck with that. Thanks.
 
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