Yes, there are certainly a lot of mistakes made. My mother used to work
for a munument company and I was amazed at the all the things I learned
From her about burials and monuments.  There is a court case in progress
here over a woman who was buried on the wrong side of the plot. The
cemetery wants to move her to the correct side but the family demand
that the cemeterey give them the plot on the other side of her instead.

The monument company is supposed to go to cemetery and actually
determine the orientation of the grave BEFORE they letter a stone to
prevent errors, but I'm sure this is not always done.

I was always fascinated by the discussions of types of granite,
traditions, methods of cutting the stone, the "old" way of cutting the
lettering etc.

LaWanda

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