[78-L] Billy Murray Tribute?!

[David Lennick]

Excuse me, but how could this possibly be any of our goddam business? A 
tombstone inscription is a very personal matter.

dl

bruce78rpm at comcast.net wrote:
> It looks like there would be plenty of room to put a flat marker for Billy directly in front of the Family "Murray" Stone, could you check on that and see if that would be permissible ? I would think so. 
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> Bruce 
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> The section of the cemetery where Billy Murray is buried has narrow graves. There is only room for a small stone, and the cemetery has rules as to the height the stone may be. There is another grave backed up to his grave, and the headstone for that grave is backed onto his, making the reverse side unusable for inscription. My mother and father are buried in a similar site nearby. 
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> The next time I'm in the area I'll check to see if the grave index indicates if Billy's wife is buried with him. As far as adding any inscriptions to the stone, I believe that the plot owner, probably some family member, however distant, would have to approve it. I know that to have my mother's name added to the existing stone for my father I had to produce the deed to the plot. If the cemetery office is open when I'm there I'll inquire about it. 
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> Bob Lang 
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> Strange how there is no inscription on the reverse side of the Stone with his full name and dates of birth and passing. Is his wife buried in the same plot ? Since it was just him and his wife, and Billy had no children, maybe there was no one to order the stone mason to complete the job. I see many gravestones where this is the case, there are no remaining heirs or the ones that remain just forget to do the inscriptions, and after awhile the process is totally forgotten and lost with time. How sad. 
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> Bruce 
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