Source: Chicago Tribune Written By: Kay Manning Publish Date: May 1, 2019 Featuring: Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, Natural Burials, Home Funerals Jeffrey Rich woke up last July to find his husband not breathing beside him in bed. When Jeff Wright, 57, could not be revived, Rich started looking for ways to […]
Read MoreMountain Xpress: ‘Mills River burial ground protected under conservation easement’
Carolina Memorial Sanctuary in Mills River offers a place for people to bury their loved ones or scatter their ashes, in harmony with nature. On Oct. 2, the sanctuary donated a permanent conservation easement to Conserving Carolina, which assures that this burial ground will remain a beautiful natural environment forever. […]
Read MoreBlueRidgeNow: ‘Stories of the Land: Returning to the Earth’
Source: BlueRidgeNowWritten By: Rose Jenkins LanePublish Date: August 26, 2018Featuring: Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, Caroline Yongue, Conservation Burial Caroline Yongue had taken on the task of creating a conservation burial ground in Mills River, but the land was an impenetrable mass of weeds: hundreds of young Bradford pear trees, poison ivy […]
Read MoreOnly In NC: ‘There’s no other cemetery in North Carolina as unique as this one’
Source: Only In Your State Written By: Robin Jarvis Published: August 6, 2018 Featured: Carolina Memorial Sanctuary There is a movement that’s been sweeping America in recent years, and surprisingly, it began in our neighbor and sister state, South Carolina. It’s a burial practice that doesn’t involve harsh chemicals, or […]
Read MoreMountain Xpress: ‘Seniors hesitant to engage in end-of-life conversations’
Source: Mountain Xpress Written By: Monroe Spivey Publish Date: May 18, 2018 Our Director, Caroline Yongue, was recently interviewed for an article published by the Mountain XPress. Here is the start of the article: Asheville resident Sharon Evans, 66, had an unexpected brush with death five years ago. “I was cooking […]
Read MoreAsheville Citizen Times – Three feet under: Asheville is a hub for green burial
Source: Asheville Citizen Times Written By: Emily Patrick Carol Motley would stop at funeral homes and say she was dying. She was in her 20s then — about 20 years ago — and she was conducting market research for her cardboard coffin company. She wasn’t terminally ill, but the allusion to death gave her […]
Read MoreMountain XPress: ‘Dying with a plan: Do not go unprepared into that good night’
Caroline Yongue was recently interviewed for an article published by the Mountain XPress. Here is the start of the article. Spoiler alert: You’re going to die. You already know that, but how much preparation for the inevitable have you made? Living in Buncombe County, we can expect to live for […]
Read MoreMountain Xpress: In Asheville and beyond, death is a topic worthy of the living
Carolina Memorial Sanctuary and Center for End Of Life Transitions are both mentioned in this article from Mountain Xpress: Until he cared for his dying daughter two years ago, Said Osio could not have imagined having a conversation about death. As her caregiver, he realized, “There is a belief in our […]
Read MoreAsheville Citizen Times – Carolina Memorial Sanctuary: Natural burials
Source: Asheville Citizen Times Written By: Joanne O’Sullivan Publish Date: April 25, 2016 Once choked with invasive plants, a long, narrow stretch of rolling land in Mills River is undergoing a surprising restoration. Carolina Memorial Sanctuary is a peaceful place, but its aim is a bit revolutionary: to bring back […]
Read MoreBlude Ridge Now: Memorial sanctuary offers ‘green’ burial in Mills River
Published: March 13, 2016 Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, situated on a little over 11 acres of rolling hills in Mills River, is a new site for anyone interested in natural burial for themselves or their pet to consider. By Beth De Bona Times-News Staff Writer Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, situated on a […]
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