{"id":99324,"date":"2020-08-14T12:46:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T17:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=99324"},"modified":"2020-08-19T17:27:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T22:27:56","slug":"oxford-cemetery-offering-free-cremains-burial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/oxford-cemetery-offering-free-cremains-burial\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Cemetery Offering Free Cremains Burial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Garden of Memories Oxford to give families a place to bury their cremated loved ones<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 1, 2020, at 11 am, <strong>Garden of Memories Oxford<\/strong> is giving Oxford families the opportunity to secure a final resting place for their cremated loved ones.  <strong>Cremains Preservation Ceremony<\/strong> is a free event, open to anyone who wishes to bury the ashes of a loved one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MatthewMalone-1.jpg?resize=280%2C187\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89796\" width=\"280\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MatthewMalone-1.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MatthewMalone-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><figcaption>Director of Cemetery Services at Gardens of Memories, Matthew Malone<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to give families the peace of mind that their loved one will always be secure,\u201d said <strong>Matthew Malone<\/strong>, Director of Cemetery Services at Garden of Memories Oxford. To commit their loved ones for burial, individuals must attend the <strong>October 1st<\/strong> event. Ashes will not be accepted by cemetery staff before or after this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The service, beginning with opening remarks from Malone, will give each family a chance to properly memorialize their loved one. The cremains will be buried shortly after this ceremony. This will allow the cemetery team to commission a custom monument bearing the names of every individual committed for burial to mark the grave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although many people keep the ashes of a loved one for sentimental value, Malone says as ashes are passed down through generations, permanent memorialization can become a concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs families move from home to home and generations pass, the ashes of a loved can be forgotten,\u201d said Malone. \u201cThis event gives the Oxford community a chance to find their cremated loved one a more permanent final resting place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garden of Memories Oxford is located just north of town off of Highway 7, next to <strong>The Orchard<\/strong> church. To learn more about Garden of Memories Oxford, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenofmemoriesoxford.org\">www.gardenofmemoriesoxford.org<\/a>, or call the dedicated cemetery team at (662) 234-1323.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garden of Memories Oxford to give families a place to bury their cremated loved ones On October 1,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":99329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6539,15675],"tags":[15704,16889],"class_list":["post-99324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-events","category-lifestyle","tag-garden-of-memories-oxford","tag-oxford-cemetery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_2693.jpeg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}