After Death, And Its Relation to Graving
Sometimes this blog will delve into, what I call, “After Death” practices, and the things that may happen to a body on it’s way to the grave.
March 2007
10 posts
Cities of the Dead
New Orleans - and the outlying areas - have some of the most arresting cemeteries in the world. The need for above-ground burial, due to the city being below sea level, has created a unique metropolitan feel to its cemeteries; which are mazes of tall and hulking tombs resembling small buildings clustered together.
Chenevert Babies
One thing, sadly, that you often see in cemeteries are the graves of babies. Stillborn or only living a few days, these graves are always touching.
Mr. Berlin Wall
Even after showing them the photos, few people believe me when I tell them I found a grave for Berlin Wall. It’s quite true, however. His wife, Marguerite Wall, is buried in the vault next to him in an indoor mausoleum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Baton Rouge's Buried History
Just beyond the South Gates of Louisiana State University on a small, otherwise non-noteworthy little road named Oxford, sits the remnants of an old Baton Rouge burial ground.
An Unpleasant Experience
Recently, I went on a quick graving trip to an indoor mausoleum at Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. There is, what I find to be, a fairly distasteful section inside of the Lakeside Chapel mausoleum that I wanted to snap a few photos in.
The Brandon Children
I would be remiss if I did not, on a blog about my graving excursions, talk about The Brandon Children.
Salvdor Genusa
The final resting place of Salvdor Genusa is marked by a crude hunk of concrete - his name and death date roughly carved into the broken slab by hand.
A New Graver Is Born
When I told my good friend, John, about graving he was - to my delight and surprise - quite excited. He begged me to call him so that he could accompany me on my next trip out. I then found out there was a certain famous person buried in a nearby Baton Rouge cemetery, and the two of decided to see if we could find him.
I Grave, Therefore I Am
Welcome to my blog about “graving” - a term coined by Find A Gravers for those that choose to spend ample time in cemeteries, looking at or recording cemeteries, either as a hobby or just for the pleasure of it.
