In a press release we received last week funeral home and cemetery operator/consolidator Service Corporation International (SCI) announced the opening of its new property in Sandy Springs, Georgia.

According to the press release that you can read here, the company’s Arlington Memorial Park is “the first memorial structure of its kind designed and built as a permanent resting place”.   The press release goes on to say, “Fitted with porcelain floors and floor-to-ceiling inurnment spaces, Legacy Chapel includes a combination of 1,900 niches and 800 crypts with options for family members to rest in peace together, adjacent to an indoor-outdoor event space for funeral gatherings and receptions.”

David Hass, senior managing director of Arlington Memorial Park made these prepared comments in the press release, “We took special care to design Legacy Chapel with new features such as illuminated glass-front niches in which family members may display and view their loved one’s cherished mementos or keepsakes.  We also built-in an event space that is, at once, intimate for small gatherings or expansive enough to accommodate large groups with beautiful, natural lighting and, creating a unique memorial option for families.”

Here is the website for Arlington Memorial Park where you can see photos and learn more about this memorialization option from SCI.

Photos from Arlington Memorial Park, including some of the new Legacy Chapel.

More news from the world of Death Care:

• Nottinghamshire crematorium takes a hit as more choose quickie funerals.  Yahoo News (Great Britain)
• Pennsylvania startup grows mushroom-based coffins with support from Penn State Law clinics.  This is Penn State (PA)
• Returning to earth by becoming earth.    Why some Wasshington folks choose human compsoting.  Video story and print article.  The News-Tribune (WA)
• Saskatoon man develops new card game with a fun, morbid twist — it ends with a funeral.  Video news stroy and print article.  CTV News – Saskatoon (Canada)

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