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  News-Star OnlineSearch continues for home of headstone 08/20/04
Headstones that have either been embossed improperly or replaced on a lost loved one's grave were typically reused in some manner, in which case, for a walkway in the backyard of a home.
She also said there was no sign the stone had been set in a cement foundation like most headstones because there were no signs of cement on it.
The 2-foot-wide headstone is adorned with a cross and an open Bible.
www.news-star.com /stories/082004/New_6.shtml   (328 words)

  
 Headstone returned in time for rededication   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
But because the headstone is so distinctive, city staff has now found the grave it was meant to mark and they intend to clean the headstone and return it to its rightful location, he said.
The cemetery was in horrible shape; it was decrepit and decaying.
On a lot of the sites, if we got a headstone we would not be able to solve the mystery of where to place it.
aspendailynews.com /Search_Articles/view_article.cfm?OrderNumber=5873   (1026 words)

  
 Rigg Mooney Monuments Inc. - Niagara Falls - Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Yes, as long as the headstone meets their requirements they are legally bound to accept the memorial.
If it is a bronze headstone supply them with a copy of the original receipt so they can contact us and order a date of death scroll to be mounted on the bronze.
If the headstone is going to a rural cemetery or one at a distance, a headstone/ monument installer in your area can install it.
www.riggmooney.com /headstones_faq.htm   (1260 words)

  
 : Lambda Wins Agreement for Headstone at Lesbian's Unmarked Grave   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Finally, Cynthia will have the headstone she wanted, and my mind will be at peace for the first time in three years," Barone said in a statement issued after the settlement was reached.
In several discussions about her headstone, Friedman had asked that Barone include the inscription: "Beloved life partner, daughter, granddaughter, sister, and aunt." Before she died, Friedman explicitly rejected any relatives' authority to challenge actions by Barone on her behalf.
A headstone should have been unveiled one year after Friedman's death, an important Jewish tradition that officially marks the end of the grieving period one year after a loved one's death.
www.lambdalegal.org /cgi-bin/iowa/news/press.html?record=60   (597 words)

  
 Granite Headstones - A Guide To Granite Headstones And How They Are Made   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Granite Headstones are made from granite that was formed hundreds of millions of years ago from molten lava.
The process of creating a granite headstone starts with a piece of granite that has already been cut to the specified size and with the appropriate finish.
Granite headstones are placed in a sandblasting room for the final carving process.
www.everlifememorials.com /headstones/headstones-granite-headstones.htm   (460 words)

  
 Salisbury Post | LOCAL NEWS | Headstone brings memories of fire department's dog in Spencer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Randy Gettys and his 4-year-old son Spencer sit next to the headstone for Screw Ball the fire dog that Gettys found while removing a lean-to shed in his backyard.
The headstone's mystery was solved — as are many mysteries — by those hard-working people in the newspaper business.
But how Screw Ball's headstone wound up in the foundation of a lean-to at the back of his property is anyone's guess.
www.salisburypost.com /area/282813561108496.php   (603 words)

  
 Purchasing A Headstone or Grave Marker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Purchasing a headstone or grave marker can prove to be a difficult process if one is not informed.
Purchasing a headstone or grave marker without regard to what these restrictions are can be a costly mistake.
After deciding which source to purchase the headstone or grave marker from, you are now prepared to choose a fitting memorial for your loved one.
everlifememorials.com /headstones/headstones-purchasing-a-headstone.htm   (222 words)

  
 Headstone - index page - Free MP3 downloads, CDs, Bio Info, Tour Dates, Lyrics and More!"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
South Florida’s Headstone has been playing its mosh inducing brand of all original heavy music since 1997.
With dark, compelling lyrics and a heavy groove sound combing elements of old and new school metal,grunge and punk, Headstone has managed to forge a unique sound all their own.
Headstone continues to win over audiences time and time again with its aggressive, raw sound and energetic, passionate performances.
artists.iuma.com /IUMA/Bands/Headstone   (192 words)

  
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headstone in the Twin Mound Cemetery, the daughter of Abraham and Sallie.
The headstone of Sherman Reeder will shortly have the death year corrected to read 1898.
Her husband Samuel David Hall is believed to be buried in the Twin Mound Cemetery but no headstone exists.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/rooks/pictures.htm   (635 words)

  
 Eligibility for a Headstone or Marker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Spouses and dependents buried in a private cemetery are not eligible for a Government-furnished headstone or marker.
Eligibility for a headstone or marker is prohibited if a person is convicted of a Federal capital crime and sentenced to death or life imprisonment, or is convicted of a State capital crime, and sentenced to death or life imprisonment without parole.
Federal officials are authorized to deny requests for headstones or markers to persons who are shown by clear and convincing evidence to have committed a Federal or State capital crime but were not convicted of such crime because of flight to avoid prosecution or by death prior to trial.
www.cem.va.gov /hmelig.htm   (1280 words)

  
 Commodore Joel Abbot, Camp No. 21, Island Cemetery, Private John Cook Headstone Repair
The headstone of Private John Cook, 15th United States Infantry, in Fort Adams Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island, had fallen and was broken in several places.
Because the headstone was made of marble, and marble dries out with age, the stone had become extremely brittle.
Brother Guiot expertly performed the cleaning and repair, and the headstone was ready for re-installation at the beginning of August.
www.geocities.com /suvcwricamp21/pvtcook.html   (401 words)

  
 Headstone Experts
Usually a surviving family member orders the headstone and provides the persons name and dates at the time of ordering.
The cemetery keeps records of where everyone is buried and they usually regulate the size of a headstone.
Many headstones are intended to be unique much like the people they are for.
www.geolit.org /RockvilleCSI/Headstone_Experts.htm   (267 words)

  
 Headstone Symbols - Understanding Cemetery Headstone Symbolism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
When choosing a headstone we often pick design elements with little knowledge about the symbolism behind it.
Broken links on a headstone can mean the severance and subsequent release of the spirit from the body.
Chains are also the insignia of the International Order of Odd Fellows, so called because of their dedication to giving the poor decent burials.
www.everlifememorials.com /headstones/headstones-symbolism.htm   (519 words)

  
 HEADSTONE ABBREVIATIONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
I have done some research on the various cemetery headstone abbreviations.
If you are aware of one I do not have, please email me, so I can add them to the list.
The others will usually have the name of the organization spelled out but occasionally have only the initials on the stone.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Estates/6587/Abb.html   (53 words)

  
 History of Headstone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The headstone and markers on Lemon Jefferson's grave took nearly 70 years to be put in place.
Since the headstone for "Blind" Lemon Jefferson is due to be set on Feb. 6, I thought it would be appropriate to give a history of the project.
Some people were upset that there was no headstone for one of the founding fathers of the Blues.
www.glade.net /~blindlemon/history.htm   (1882 words)

  
 The Poem on Susy Clemens' headstone
She was buried in the Clemens family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, New York.
A frequent question that arises is related to the poem that her father had placed upon her headstone.
Albert Bigelow Paine, in his biography of Mark Twain, notes that over the years the lines on Susy's headstone were generally attributed to Twain himself.
www.twainquotes.com /headstone.html   (252 words)

  
 Headstone Epitaphs for Males - Father, Son, Brother, etc.
Headstone Epitaphs for Males - Father, Son, Brother, etc.
Headstone Epitaphs for Males - Father, Son, Brother - When you find the epitaph you like simply enter the number in the filed for extra lettering.
If the epitaph is over 25 letters in length you will be billed the additional amount after completing the purchase.
www.everlifememorials.com /headstones/epitaphs-males.htm   (233 words)

  
 Photo's Headstone's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This is the new headstone for my Great Grand Mother Isabella Allen/Murray/Green/Gardiner it was replaced after 49 years she is buried at Greenmount Cemetery Queensland.
My father Leslie Henry Green's headstone with his old plaque from the Albany Creek Cremetorium he was moved to the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery in 2000 a new plaque has been ordered.
This is My Great Grand Father Henry Green's headstone which 10 of his GGrand Children put up in 1999 as he was buried in 1892 with no headstone he is buried in the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.
www.angelfire.com /geek/tree60/photo1.html   (102 words)

  
 Canon Digital Photography Forums - Headstone
Try making it so the intersection of the headstone is 1/3 of the way in from lower left.
There really isn't much at the bottom or left, and cropping this way would bring the contrasting shadows and light at upper right further into the frame.
It looks total washed out because a shaft of light was shining directly on the intersection of the headstone.
photography-on-the.net /forum/printthread.php?t=8603   (366 words)

  
 Jim Geraghty on France & Headstone on National Review Online
Scott McInnis (R., Colo.), is asking the Department of Veterans Affairs to immediately sever its ties with a French-owned marble manufacturer that is the main supplier of headstones for national cemeteries.
"It's obviously inappropriate for a company owned by French interests to be supplying headstones for the V.A. when the French have done everything in their power to undermine the very troops whose sacrifice from which they now stand to profit," McInnis said.
The marble headstones that mark the graves of fallen soldiers in Arlington National Cemetery and throughout the country are supplied by a subsidiary of Imerys.
www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-geraghty040303.asp   (526 words)

  
 komo news | Public Appeal Helps Locate Gravesite For Child's Headstone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A Snohomish County sheriff's deputy found the headstone dumped in an abandoned lot near Lynnwood last September.
That's where she learned that Maggie was buried in a rural cemetery of pioneer families in King County.
Maggie's headstone has been missing from the cemetery for decades.
www.komotv.com /news/story.asp?ID=39397   (630 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | Hereford/Worcs | Mother wins son's headstone fight
A mother barred by a legal loophole from fitting a headstone to her baby son's grave, has won her battle to erect a memorial.
In June she was told she could not add one as only her ex-husband was named on the deeds for the cemetery plot.
Redditch Borough Council crematorium manager Stuart Connelly said: "When Mrs Woodward originally requested to place a memorial on her son's grave, we were legally bound to decline this request, as she was not a registered grave owner.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/4142426.stm   (255 words)

  
 Post-Crescent - Boy’s headstone fund hits $5,785   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A fund-raising effort to purchase a headstone for 2-year-old Cristian Cisneros has succeeded beyond expectations, raising almost $6,000.
The original goal was to raise $500 for a modest marker.
The headstone is fl, and it will have an etched picture of Cristian, Zubella said.
www.wisinfo.com /postcrescent/news/cisneros/boy_9703857.shtml   (228 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Photo Gallery (Grave Sight)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Epitaph on headstone in Montreal cemetery forms an unflattering acrostic.
The Montreal Mirror found the man who engraved the headstone but were only able to determine that:
headstone he's been hired to write says: "I'd rather be in Boston but my wife buried me here."
www.snopes.com /photos/grave.asp   (251 words)

  
 Caudle Cemetery Headstones, Erath County, Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The list of headstones, initially from the book Cemeteries of Erath County, has been amplified and expanded with information from descendants of those buried there and photographs of the headstones.
The information in the book was copied from headstones by Weldon Hudson, Fort Worth, Texas, October 26, 1968.
The book stated the Cemetery is in a pasture very badly grown up in trees, briars and underbrush.
caudlewl.home.att.net /CaudleHeadstones.htm   (164 words)

  
 Local10.com - News - Headstone Paid For Year Ago Never Delivered, Family Says   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
During a recent visit she had trouble finding where her son was buried, and needed help from the staff to find the place James Jackson Jr.
The headstone Jackson paid for more than a year ago has not been made.
Faison told the family the headstone would be $450.
www.local10.com /news/3481798/detail.html   (769 words)

  
 ABC News: Headstone Carvers Proud of Their Work
In the low-slung, 107-year-old factory of Granite Industries of Vermont, on the edge of town, workers like Jason Allen, 27, touch lives across the country in a way that may be even more meaningful.
For 10 hours a day, sometimes six days a week, Allen glues stencils on headstones for Arlington and other national cemeteries in the Northeast.
He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, his grave marked by a headstone crafted with pride.
abcnews.go.com /WNT/story?id=574902   (480 words)

  
 Headstone erected in Elko for unknown murder victim   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Headstone erected in Elko for unknown murder victim
Eleven years after her nude body was found along a lonely stretch of Interstate 80 in northeast Nevada, an unidentified murder victim has been honored with the placement of a headstone at her grave.
"With her headstone, we are claiming her as one of our own.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/11/07/state1636EST0037.DTL   (378 words)

  
 Confederate soldier's descendants find peace as fighter gets headstone
On a grassy rise overlooking the Appalachian foothills and Alabama 21, amid weather-worn tributes to the dead, a smooth, gleaming granite headstone tells the story of a still-unraveling mystery.
Until several months ago, there was no headstone for William Riley Moore, a Confederate soldier who spent part of the Civil War in a Union military prison.
Her mother had shown her the man's gravesite in Four Mile, but, for whatever reason, never told Hutchison his name or why he lacked a headstone.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1459028/posts   (816 words)

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