03-08-2011, 12:18 PM
(03-08-2011, 12:14 PM)curious Wrote:(03-08-2011, 11:03 AM)Freshbait78 Wrote:(03-08-2011, 10:56 AM)RaisingAPrince Wrote: My initial reaction to the grave marker/beads/angel situation is that someone is overreacting. I mean how do they know for sure that the grave marker was stolen? We've had bad weather, maybe it was "blown away". Maybe the cemetery removed it for some reason (granted if that were the case they should have notified the family) I just don't get why it's immediately being said it was stolen. Also, the beads?? I do not see this as doing any harm at all! Someone was paying their respects. Maytee needs to get a grip. A serious grip. You can't take every single thing and turn it into an action against you!! What if someone placed a certain color flowers on the grave?? IS she going to turn that into some huge ordeal??? It's just not making sense to me.
Raisingaprince, I posted a link to the video both here & on the JC & LS facts thread. In the video they show a similiar marker. It wouldn not be possible for this marker to blow away. It looked like a thin slab of rock similiar to a permanent headstone. The GM of the cemetary was also interviewed. They did not remove the marker & no other markers were stolen or messed with.
Temporary grave markers are typically not made out of slab of concrete, they are in fact a "marker" which consists of a metal piece inscribed with the decedents information affixed to a metal post intended, hopefully, to be replaced with a headstone which costs typically in upwards of $200+. As I'm sure most can attest, temporary markers can and most often do get damaged or unintentionally displaced due to forces of nature, and in some cases groundskeeping can cause a marker to dismantle, as I can personally relate when my grandmothers marker was "missing" which was inadvertently a result of mowing the grass. Albeit, unlikely they would mow given there's snow in OH, but nonetheless a simple example at best.
Thanks for the example.... now go watch the video. You will find it in this thread a few pages back & also on the Facts thread.