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COKER CEMETERY does not sell burial spaces. The Cemetery is operated and maintained by a Board of Trustees and depends on regular financial assistance from the kin of deceased. The following rules for use of the Cemetery establish your responsibilities, those of this Association and the mortuary of your choice. They will be of assistance to you when the time comes to have a burial in COKER CEMETERY.
1. Contact one of the Cemetery Trustees and state your desire to use COKER
CEMETERY. [return to top]
a. Establish with that Trustee your eligibility to use the Cemetery. One of the
following three conditions must be met for a person to be buried at
COKER CEMETERY:
1. Blood kin of Joseph Coker.
2. Original settlers of Coker Community born on or before January 1, 1920.
3. Families, other than descendants of Joseph Coker, who have been
assigned gravesites as of April 1, 1993 will be allowed burial in said
assigned plots.
b. After your eligibility is established, assist that trustee in determining the
appropriate gravesite for burial. [return to top]
2. Make funeral arrangements with the mortuary of your choice. Remind your funeral
director that he must obtain a signed burial permit from a Trustee before burial
arrangements can be completed.
3. If records of this Association do not reflect your immediate past giving to maintain
COKER CEMETERY, a MINIMUM CEMETERY MAINTENANCE FEE of $575.00 must
be made to the Association before the burial permit is completed for your funeral
director. [return to top]
4. Headstone deposits - conventional and cremation burials:
A deposit of $750.00 for a headstone must be made with the Association
by the person seeking use of the Cemetery. If a headstone is already in
place, the deposit is $350.00 for the date of death inscription. The deposit
will be refunded, without interest, if a headstone is in place and/or the date
of death is inscribed on an existing headstone within eighteen (18) months
of burial. If a headstone is not placed in that period and/or the date of death
inscription is not completed, the deposit will be used by the Association to
place a flat gray granite marker on the gravesite or inscribe the existing
headstone with date of death.
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