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Aug 21, 2012, 8:48 AM | Updated: Aug 22, 2012, 7:06 am
![]() James Davis, 73, stands over the grave of his wife, Patsy. A court wants him to disinter her remains. He’s fighting to keep her buried in the front yard. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) |
Do you have plans for what should be done with your body when you die? A man in Alabama is fighting in the courts to keep his wife buried in the front yard.
James Davis buried his wife in their yard in 2009 at her request. Now a judge has ordered Davis to disinter her and move her to a cemetery. The 73-year-old man is challenging the ruling to keep her where she is.
The unusual burial spot got The Ron & Don Show staff thinking about where they might like to be laid to rest when their times come.
Don O’Neill says he’d like to be cremated and left in some of his favorite outdoor places, like Mount Rainier or one Seattle park.
“Every time I run through Discovery Park I’m like, ‘OK this is it.'”
Inspired by an ex, Rachel Belle says she’s considered giving her loved ones bits to carry with them throughout their lives on their own journeys.
“When I went to Peru in 2008 with my ex-boyfriend, his brother had died years before and what he does is he takes his brother’s ashes on any trip he takes abroad and sprinkles a little bit.”
But being burned in cremation is a sticking point for Rachel, so she’ll likely be buried. The prettiest cemetery she’s ever seen is in a small town on the coast of California.
“It’s right over the water and there’s all these big, beautiful trees. I could go there.”
Producer Libby says she’d like a sea burial, which is certainly achievable. But other members of the show staff have wishes a little more out there.
Ron’s plan will require some work from NASA. He’s hoping by the time he dies, the cost of space travel will be cheap enough he can get shot into space.
If prices are still high, Don is offering another option for his boyhood friend.
“If we’re still around, we could get a bunch of bottle rockets and just tape Ron to it and let him fly,” says Don, looking to engineer Sean to help him in this endeavor.
Sean’s idea of a final resting place, while likely more easily achieved, is also on the fringe. Sean, also known as Pinata Pete, for his pinata-side business, says he’d like to be wrapped in a coffin constructed out of paper mache.
“When I’m laid in the coffin instead of just having a regular old funeral you just beat the coffin up and then out I pop.”
“So you’re the candy in this scenario,” says Ron.
Rachel suggests there be some actual candy involved in this case as well, for the kiddos.
Listen to full Ron & Don final resting place chat:
By JAMIE GRISWOLD, MyNorthwest.com Editor
