In a message dated 9/21/02 3:01:48 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > I heard from someone today that the bodies are only in the graves for 1 year > and then the bones are removed (New Orleans). Can anyone confirm this? > Claire > They have family crypts and add more family members as the bodies decompose. My good friend told me about this in describing the burial of her husband about fifteen years ago. I don't believe they engage in removing any thing from the grave. Judy Oklahoma