I read Pastor Jerry Waugh's article published on Thanksgiving Day entitled 'Is the Grinch now going after Thanksgiving' with sadness. Sadness because he says that America is our country and it is. ...more

November 29, 2009

For decades, people who couldn't be identified or who died with no money for their funerals were left for the county to bury. ...more

September 17, 2009

The city of Tarpon Springs' recent attempt to solicit proposals from firms interested in installing a security lighting system at Cycadia Cemetery met with disappointing results. Interim City Manager Mark LeCouris said the city received a letter of interest from only one firm. It suggested a lighting system costing approximately $162,000. It would have ringed the cemetery's perimeter and would not have been controlled by sensors. ...more

January 24, 2009

A farm couple in Colorado opened their fields in November to gleaners, giving away what was left of their harvest. Expecting about 5,000 people, they were shocked when 40,000 arrived. This might be a sign of the times. As the economy plummets, we enter an environment ripe for scavengers. From field gleaners to garage-sale aficionados, they are everywhere and are coming from everywhere. I am one of them, a modern hunter-gatherer. ...more

December 6, 2008

Every day for nine years, Barbara and James Roush have visited Serenity Meadows Memorial Park, Funeral Home and Crematory to place an artificial flower on their daughter's grave. ...more

May 27, 2008

RIVERVIEW - Vandals overturned and crushed dozens of grave markers at Serenity Meadows Memorial Park, 6919 Providence Road, the night before the cemetery's traditional Memorial Day service. ...more

May 26, 2008

Every year, hundreds of people who die in Hillsborough County have no one willing or able to bury them. ...more

October 2, 2007

Every year, hundreds of people who die in Hillsborough County have no one willing or able to bury them. ...more

October 2, 2007

TAMPA - Every year, hundreds of people who die in Hillsborough County have no one willing or able to bury them. ...more

October 1, 2007