Death and Dying in Central Appalachia: Changing Attitudes and PracticesUniversity of Illinois Press, 1994 - 247 pages In Death and Dying in Central Appalachia, James Crissman explores cultural traits related to death and dying in the Appalachian sections of Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and West Virginia, showing how they have changed since the 1600's. Relying on archival materials, almost forty photographs, and interviews with more than 400 mountain dwellers, Crissman focuses on the importance of familism and 'neighborliness' in mountain society. |
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Page 63
... interment in public or perpetual - care cemeteries , however , many funeral homes are get- ting out of the vault business , and some no longer sell them at all . Except in family and church burial grounds , cemetery or funeral home ...
... interment in public or perpetual - care cemeteries , however , many funeral homes are get- ting out of the vault business , and some no longer sell them at all . Except in family and church burial grounds , cemetery or funeral home ...
Page 99
... interment . The He- brews , usually on the evening of death , carried the body on a bier to the place of interment.3 The early Christian funeral procession , which was very subdued and reverent , rejected the types of ceremony found in ...
... interment . The He- brews , usually on the evening of death , carried the body on a bier to the place of interment.3 The early Christian funeral procession , which was very subdued and reverent , rejected the types of ceremony found in ...
Page 203
... interment . Highland- ers still occasionally place objects in the coffin , but they no longer watch as neighbors and friends lower the casket into the ground . Today employees of the funeral home or cemetery use lowering de- vices after ...
... interment . Highland- ers still occasionally place objects in the coffin , but they no longer watch as neighbors and friends lower the casket into the ground . Today employees of the funeral home or cemetery use lowering de- vices after ...
Contents
Familism Neighborliness and the Death Watch | 9 |
Preparation of the Body | 22 |
Burial Receptacles and Grave Digging | 42 |
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