I saw this one day and thought it was a recent grave that would soon get a tombstone, but I was surprised to see the deceased had been interred back in 1997. As is usually the case, I was left to fill in the blanks on my own. This could've meant many things, like maybe the family just didn't have the money to purchase a headstone, or maybe there were no close relatives around when this lady died, but it's clear that someone at least took the time to construct this rough style cross. For a moment I was reminded of the old Westerns I'd seen where a person would end up buried just about anywhere and the grave marked with a cross constructed of sticks. In the end it really isn't about how fancy a tombstone one gets but how well they're remembered by the friends and family still living.
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