Gone to the Grave: Burial Customs of the Arkansas Ozarks, 1850-1950

by Abby Burnett

Book Overview

Before there was a death care industry where professional funeral directors offered embalming and other services, residents of the Arkansas Ozarks--and, for that matter, people throughout the South--buried their own dead. Every part of the complicated, labor-intensive process was handled within the deceased's community. This process included preparation of the body for burial, making a wooden coffin, digging the grave, and overseeing the burial ceremony,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496804600
• ISBN13: 9781496804600
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"