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From: "David A. Boyd, Jr." <>
Subject: [PAGREENE-L] Fw: [ILPEORIA-L] Abandoned vs Neglected Cemeteries
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:21:38 -0500


I have expressed my feelings on cemeteries on several occasions. Thought
this would provide some food for thought on the subject.

Dave Boyd - Pharmasaurus Rx
Waynesburg, PA
Listmanager, PAWASHIN-L;PAGREENE-L
Treasurer, House of Boyd Society


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> From: Zora Schaer <>
> To:
> Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] Abandoned vs Neglected Cemeteries
> Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 9:11 AM
>
> The message in quotes below has a lesson for all of us when talking about
> cemeteries. I realized after reading this, that it is true. Anything
> "abandoned" has no use. In talking with officials and others, the word
> "neglect" is far more useful. No one likes to be guilty of neglect
> while there is no responsibility if something is abandoned& is thrown
> away. Neglect sets the stage for something getting done about the
> neglect.
>
> Let's spread the word. Neglect, not abandoned!
>
> Thank you, Michael Emery & Cemetery-L for the following lesson and thank
> you who receive this for reading this snipped and pasted paragraph from
> the "Cemetery-L" list.
>
> The Cemetery-L list is not a name research list. It's purpose is saving
> neglected cemeteries.
>
>
> "BTW folks who are serious about cemetery preservation do not *ever* use
> the
> expression "abandoned cemetery" with any kind of seriousness. The only
> way you
> will ever see a real-life abandoned cemetery is if the people buried
> there get
> up and ambulate to another site! There is also the case of a party
> actually
> exhuming all the burials and relocating them at another site. These are
> the
> only cases that I can conjure of a real-life abandoned cemetery.
>
> The cemetery you've recently located is merely neglected. ;-)
> --
> Michael Emery
> Information Systems Coordinator
> Save Texas Cemeteries, Inc.
> http://members.aol.com/savegrave/";
>
>
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