Past Articles

Donate Unused Cemetery Plots for Indigent People

Publication: Associated Content
Author: Agnes Farside
Publication Date: May 27, 2008

Article Excerpt:

…She is the last surviving member of her family and none of her children or grandchildren would be using these graves. So what to do with them? She could have sold them, but that might require a lot of traveling from her home over 50 miles [...]

5 Things to Consider Before You Sell Your Cemetery Plots

Understand your options before you sell

So you have unwanted cemetery property, what options are available to you and what should you take into consideration?

You must have the right to sell the property
Just because you hold the deed to the plot, doesn’t mean that you can sell it. Sometimes family plots that have been passed down [...]

How to Sell/Market Cemetery Plots?

After running across an interesting thread on Ask MetaFilter regarding tips about selling or marketing cemetery plots, I thought some of the advice might be of value to the readers of Cemetery-Plot.com.

The forum post comes from Lauralee Smith who asks:

Trying to sell four adjacent cemetery plots. Funeral home suggested Craigslist ads, which I am currently [...]

Donating a Plot for a Tax Write-off

Article: 13 On Your Side: A look at cemetery fees
Publication: WZZM 13, West Michigan
Author: Bob Brenzing
Publication Date: October 23, 2009

Article Excerpt:

When a family member dies, it’s a difficult time to make significant decisions. That’s why many people pre-purchase burial plots or pre-pay for funeral arrangements.

But, when Sandy Cobb tried to donate the pre-purchased plot she [...]