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fasttense

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2. I always wanted to be burried in plain white linens under a tree

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue Sep 8, 2015, 09:26 AM

Sep 2015

But it against the law to Not use a metal vault when burying a body here. Even a plain pine box would be nice. So I could rot away and become a part of the earth, trees and plants. I really don't want to be cremated. But I may have to settle for being cremated and scattered under a tree.

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Rise of the alternative funeral: beaches, buses and anything but black [View all] SecularMotion Sep 2015 OP

My final plans are simple. hobbit709 Sep 2015 #1

I think you need Peter Tosh's malaise Sep 2015 #6

Maybe I can get some of my ashes to the Blue Mountains. hobbit709 Sep 2015 #7

I always wanted to be burried in plain white linens under a tree fasttense Sep 2015 #2

You can get close. Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #3

It is not against the law in NC. mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #4

My will is already drawn up... Javaman Sep 2015 #5

Another interesting thing about the funeral industry.Most cemeteries and burial resources are owned kelliekat44 Sep 2015 #8

I'd like my liberal friends to have an old-fashioned wake at a bar LongTomH Sep 2015 #9