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Aug 11, 2017 Letters
Dear Editor,
I find it interesting that we, United States) and you, Guyana share this situation with cemeteries (Freddie Kissoon’s column last Sunday on the state of the La Grange cemetery). In Georgia, US, cemeteries are protected by law. Once established, a cemetery must be maintained as such. There is nothing in the law, though, that says how it must be maintained. SO, we spend thousands to bury our loved ones only to allow the burial grounds to return to nature. There are many “perpetual care” cemeteries that do exactly that. However, by and large, the cemeteries are maintained by adjunct churches. Others are just allowed to let go. My parents purchased their burial ground, erected stones and prepaid their burial expenses. However, they did not pay for perpetual care (not available). We, the children, must ensure that those burial plots are kept clean and then our children must do the same, into eternity. Rather presumptuous of them, I’d say.
While we, in Georgia, US, don’t have the exact situation as you, it is a problem. Our religions have a lot to do with how we deal with the deceased. Funerals in the US are a great waste of peoples’time. I think a celebration of the deceased life is acceptable but great expense, pomp and circumstance is just a waste. My wife and I have donated our bodies to science. Once science has finished and the body is no longer useful, the body is incinerated. No problems, no worries. Certain religions, though, don’t allow that. You’ve pointed out the problem but haven’t suggested an answer. The government can’t do everything for us.
John Rich
Georgia,. US
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