Conservation and green cemetery near Asheville, NC
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 […]
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A Better World, WPVM 103.7 Asheville Broadcast Date: March 1st, 2018 Death is easy to turn away from but it can also be an opportunity to open your heart. McNair Ezzard, host of A Better World, interviewed Caroline Yongue, Director of Carolina Memorial Sanctuary and Center for End of Life […]
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The Sanctuary’s very own Cassie Barrett was the Guest Speaker for the Asheville chapter of Creative Mornings, where the theme for November was Death. From the Creative Morning’s Website: How do we prepare for life’s big event if we can’t talk about it or even think about it? We live […]
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Ep 6 Cassie Barrett: Green Burials and Reverence for Death “Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.” What is one of the best things you can do to prepare for death? “Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.” Carolina Memorial Sanctuary team member, Cassie Barrett, was interviewed by Tara Caffelle from the podcast Grief: […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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Watch our short video introducing Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, the first conservation burial ground in North Carolina.
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