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385 Holly Springs Church Road
Broadway, North Carolina 27505
919-258-6342
From Lillington:
Take Highway 421 North towards Sanford.
Approximately 12 miles from Lillington and past Ken's Lamp Shop take a
right onto Holly Springs Church Road, the church is on the left.
Holly Springs Baptist Church can be seen from Highway 421.
SECTION 1. Purpose.
The purpose of this policy statement is to establish a uniform and
equitable system of allocating burial space in the Holly Springs Baptist
Church Cemetery.
SECTION 2. Policy.
All persons carried on the current church rolls shall be provided burial
space, if requested, at no cost. Additionally, dependent children of
these members residing at home will be provided space upon the request of
a member parent or guardian. The spaces thus allocated will be
considered a benefit of church membership, and all maintenance costs of
these plots will be borne by the church.
Other immediate family members of persons on the church
roll may obtain burial space with a maintenance fee of $300.00 per burial
space. An immediate family member shall be defined as a legally
married spouse, a dependent child, a dependent parent or a dependent
sibling.
All other allocations of burial space will require the
payment of a $900.00 per space maintenance fee.
A permanent grave marker with the name, birth date and
death date of the deceased will be placed upon the grave within one year
of burial. The church reserves the right to approve all monuments as
to type and inscription. Any unapproved monuments placed in the
cemetery will be subject to removal at the owner's expense.
A vault will be required for all burials. There will
be no above ground vaults or crypts.
SECTION 3. Procedures.
Church members may reserve required spaces either in advance by contacting
the church Sexton and selecting a reserved space or spaces from remaining
spaces available, or at the time required by asking the church Sexton for
assignment of space.
If space is desired for an immediate family member other
than a dependent child, the church member may reserve a burial space in
advance by payment of the $300.00 maintenance fee or may request
assignment and pay the fee when space is required.
All others will be considered on a case by case
basis. No provision will be made for prior reservation of burial
space for other than church members and immediate family. If others
desire burial space in Holly Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, they may
request the Sexton to assign them a space. If it is determined
appropriate space can be provided, a payment of $900.00 will be required
for the maintenance of the space. The funeral director handling the
arrangements will be required to collect the fee and render payment to the
church.
All fees will be deposited in the Cemetery Trust Fund, and
interest accrued will be applied to the perpetual maintenance of the
cemetery. Maintenance of church members' spaces will continue from
general funds until such time as the Trust Fund interest will bear the
costs.
If questions arise over space assignment that cannot be
resolved by the requesting party and the Sexton, they will be referred to
the Deacons. The Deacons may, if necessary, carry the request to the
full church conference for resolution.
If at any time a member who has previously reserved spaces
determines the spaces are no longer required, these spaces should be
reported to the Sexton for reassignment.
SECTION 4. General
Implementation. Funeral directors will be responsible for
clearing all requests with the Sexton. No grave will be opened
without prior approval of the Sexton. If neither is available, the
pastor, custodian or Chairman of the Deacons will be contacted, in that
order, to insure space has been properly assigned.
Any mistakes cased by the failure of a funeral director to
follow this policy will be corrected at the funeral director's expense.
Vaults will be transported into the cemetery and set by
means of self propelled trailer designed for that purpose. If such a
trailer is not available to the funeral director or his sub-contractor,
special arrangements will be made with the church sexton or custodian
prior to entering the cemetery with other equipment.
Only the minimum equipment necessary for the excavation of
the grave and removal of excess dirt will be taken inside the cemetery
gates or hedges. Equipment trailers, dump trucks or other vehicles
not equipped with flotation or turf type tires will be left outside the
cemetery property. Excess dirt will be moved, using either the front
bucket of a backhoe or a bobcat type loader. Dirt not needed to
backfill the rave will be taken to the area immediately north of the pine
hedge on the north side of the cemetery for use as fill.
The funeral director will be responsible for proper
backfill and re-sodding of the grave. Excessive settling or poorly
placed sod will be reported to the funeral director for correction.
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