Are the Dead Not Buried?

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Cemeteries in New Orleans are above ground! Here is Metarie and Lakelawn and Greenwood Cemeteries, to name a few. Available are seperate single family dwellings as well as row "homes".
(Originally posted October 2003)

I like cemeteries! If I ever go to New Orleans, I'm going to visit these.  Nice to know they're high and dry in perpetuity. 

Apr 15, 2015 2:31:48 GMT diane9247 said:

I like cemeteries! If I ever go to New Orleans, I'm going to visit these.  Nice to know they're high and dry in perpetuity. 

Not quite true... Half of Greenwood  was underwater...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_Cemetery,_New_Orleans#/media/File:FEMA_-_19194_-_Photograph_by_Jocelyn_Augustino_taken_on_09-04-2005_in_Louisiana.jpg


The cemetery company describes its burial services.. Not that all services are available at all their cemeteries... (there can be state, city , cemetery specific rules and practical issues .. )


Burial
Most people are familiar with the concept of burial, or “interment,” but may not be aware of the variety of options that are often available. Many cemeteries offer one or more of the following:

Ground Burial: burial of the casket below ground. A “vault” or “outer burial container” is required at many cemeteries.

Mausoleum, or Community Mausoleum: a large building that provides above-ground entombments

Private Family Mausoleum: a small structure that provides above-ground entombment of, on average, two to 12 decedents

Companion Crypt: permits two interments or entombments side-by-side

Private Family Estate: a small section of a cemetery, usually bordered by gates, shrubbery, or other dividers, that allow for ground burial of several members of the same family.