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 What makes for a well-planned family burial plot? Certainly, near the top of my list, memorialization comes to mind, but what about the aesthetics of the cemetery?
Earlier this year, while out on one of my exploration trips around the wonderful state of Georgia, I observed one example of a well-planned plot in the Whigman Cemetery in Cairo, Georgia.
 The Robinson family has approximately 30 burial plots with markers waiting in advance for their family. The marble is beautiful, and the layout for the plots is exceptional. Surrounded by marble coping (border), the interior is covered with chips that I presume are also marble. While I do not know for certain, based upon the well-planned presentation that is viewable to the eye, I presume a well-planned concrete foundation was poured before the granite chips were placed inside the coping. Concrete blocks both the fire ants and grass from growing up through the marble chips, maintaining a more pleasant site for a longer period of time.
The headstones are P-5, polished on all four sides and the top. Each of the monuments has an oval top with a wilted lily in high relief. The lily is a beautiful flower that when characterized as wilted, is a traditional sign of morning.
 A sarcophagus is in the center with raised lettering inside a panel. The sarcophagus serves as the focal point for the Robinson family plots.
If consistency was the goal, then the Robinson family is assured that every member of the family will have a monument that is not only attractive, but also consistent with all other monuments in the cemetery.
More families should give ample consideration to the appearance of their family plots, with the goal that our cemeteries will be inviting places to visit.
 If you have a family plot that you believe is extraordinary, please contact me and send digital photographs with the location and details. If I publish your photograph, you will have my gratitude, and you will also receive an award.
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