Hi Momma Walton, I have attended several funerals in the past few years and I can say that respect for the dead is still alive in the South. I attended a funeral last year for the mother of a friend. She and her husband had owned and operated a grocery store in their small town for many years. The hearse had to pass the store, going from the Church to the cemetery. I was so impressed by the number of people along the sides of the streets that took a moment to show their respect. There were many ways of showing their respect. Yes, there were several cars pulled off the road waiting for the procession to pass. Some of the people got out of their cars. Some people took their caps or hats off, some bowed their heads and some just stood there, but most of them acknowledged the procession. Wouldn't it be wonderful if some of those greedy developers could just develop some of that respect for the dead instead of developing our cemeteries? Dot Sorrells Cox