The answer to the question was that flower girls were usually somehow related to the family, nieces, grandchildren, etc. and they would carry the flowers from the home or church to the cemetery. As a matter of fact according to others this is still practiced. Tami P. Ramsey [email protected] President, Pulaski County Genealogy Club Pulaski County VA GenWeb Coordinator & Listowner http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/ Montgomery County VA GenWeb Coordinator & Listowner http://www.rootsweb.com/~vamontgo/montgomy.htm Washington County VA GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~vawashin/ Overton Co. TN GenWeb Coordinator & Listowner http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnoverto/overton.htm Fentress & Pickett Co. TN GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnfentre/fent.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnpicket/pick.htm Webmaster Wilderness Road Regional Museum http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/wrrm/index.htm Webmaster for New River Historical Society Homepage http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanrhs/ RAMSEY Family Webpage http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ramsey/ SULSER Family Webpage & Listowner http://sulser.rootsweb.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leah" <[email protected]> To: "Tami Ramsey" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 6:33 AM Subject: Re: [VAPULASK] Funeral Questions > Hi, > I was waiting to see the answer to this question > also. Did I miss the answer? > Leah > --- Tami Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote: > > A *special* thank you to everyone that answered my > > "flower girl" question. > > It makes sense that they would carry the flowers > > from the home to the > > funeral, but when I first read that there were 12 > > flower girls at a funeral > > I had horrible visions of them throwing flower > > petals! <g> My knowledge is > > now complete and I feel MUCH better! Thanks > > again..... > > Tami P. Ramsey > > [email protected] > > President, Pulaski County Genealogy Club > > Pulaski County VA GenWeb Coordinator & Listowner > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/ > > Montgomery County VA GenWeb Coordinator & Listowner > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vamontgo/montgomy.htm > > Washington County VA GenWeb Coordinator > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vawashin/ > > Overton Co. TN GenWeb Coordinator & Listowner > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnoverto/overton.htm > > Fentress & Pickett Co. TN GenWeb Coordinator > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnfentre/fent.htm > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnpicket/pick.htm > > Webmaster Wilderness Road Regional Museum > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/wrrm/index.htm > > Webmaster for New River Historical Society Homepage > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanrhs/ > > RAMSEY Family Webpage > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ramsey/ > > SULSER Family Webpage & Listowner > > http://sulser.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== VAPULASK Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Pulaski County VA GenWeb page: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/ > > > > > ===== > ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE > > VANLANDINGHAM, GALBAUGH, KENDRICK, CLINKENBEARD, PRATT, SLATER, STYLES, STEBBINS WEBSITE http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/m/i/Leah-Smith/ > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ >