Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 12, 2004, at 10:56 AM, Eric wrote: > Craig: > >> Interesting. In northeastern North Carolina, there are >> concrete-capped >> graves but they're invariably graves of African-Americans. Whites >> never use the concrete capping... > > What's the significance of the concrete capping? Any idea why there's > a > difference in which races use 'em? Interesting. Eric, I have no idea of why it's done that way. My uncle was a florist in a small town so he had regular dealing with the locul mortuaries and he said nobody could ever tell him why...it was 'just done that way'. Chandos' reply about grave robbers might be a good clue. Craig Zeni NC