In a message dated 1/3/02 11:31:44 AM US Eastern Standard Time, wspurlock@savinggraves.com writes: > The problem is, the time was right years ago. > > > Bill, > I am with you 100%. I am going over the cemetery laws in All the states. I > believe it will take 2 months, but it is worth it. I found the law in > Missouri that gives you the right to visit an Abandoned family or private > burying ground if it is Land Locked, accompanied by the Sheriff or Chief > law enforcement official if you can't get permission. There are a lot of > other "Good Laws" out there Bill. I think your idea is wonderful and it can > work when our country assumes some semblance of normality. Good Luck. Jack E. Briles, Sr. jb502000@aol.com Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator PO Box 444 New Albany, In. 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585

The one thing that continually gets to me is that this ISN'T "brain surgery." It's Ethics 101 and Morality 102. It's a cemetery. People's loved ones are buried there. It was there first. Leave it alone. Simple....common sense. Give it to a legislator and it comes out sounding like Martian gibberish. Law enforcement has enough on it's hands with crimes against the living. Crimes against the defenseless dead just aren't priorities, even if there are three-fold the victims because of the living descendants of those dead. It's America - you gotta love it! Anywhere else we wouldn't be able to have these gripe sessions. Sue Silver ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jb502000@aol.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Cemetery Laws & Such > In a message dated 1/3/02 11:31:44 AM US Eastern Standard Time, > wspurlock@savinggraves.com writes: > > > > The problem is, the time was right years ago. > > > > > > Bill, > > I am with you 100%. I am going over the cemetery laws in All the states. I > > believe it will take 2 months, but it is worth it. I found the law in > > Missouri that gives you the right to visit an Abandoned family or private > > burying ground if it is Land Locked, accompanied by the Sheriff or Chief > > law enforcement official if you can't get permission. There are a lot of > > other "Good Laws" out there Bill. I think your idea is wonderful and it can > > work when our country assumes some semblance of normality. Good Luck. > > > Jack E. Briles, Sr. > jb502000@aol.com > Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator > PO Box 444 > New Albany, In. 47151-0444 > (812) 282-6585 > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Quote from William Gladstone (1809-1897), three-time Prime Minister of England > and Victorian contemporary of Benjamin Disraeli: > "Show me the manner in which a nation or community > cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical > exactness the tender mercies of its people, their > respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty > to high ideals." > >

And remember, if we were in many of the other countries that use cemeteries to dispose of the dear departed, we wouldn't NEED to have these gripe sessions because they take care of their cemeteries. Joyce Haibe Sue Silver wrote: > > It's America - you gotta love it! Anywhere else we wouldn't be able to have > these gripe sessions. > > Sue Silver >