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Parsons Cemetery offers a variety of services to meet your needs at competitive rates. Additionally, we are constantly adding new services as we are able to do so. Should you have any questions about a service, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Burial and placement services are performed by our experienced staff and local death care partners.
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Permanent memorialization for cremated remains is offered with in-ground burial, above-ground columbarium placement, or above-ground placement along the lakeside memorial walkway.
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Our newly developed pet garden is a serene, secure location for your pet's ashes. We offer a variety of options for memorializing your pet.
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Parsons Cemetery is today both operational and historic. It is an urban green space, an outdoor museum, and in the words of architectural historian, Keith Eggener, urban cemeteries “are where life meets death, nature meets city, and present meets past.”
Parsons Cemetery covers 18 acres and is divided into several sections. Take a tour of our cemetery and learn what Parsons has to offer today.
In addition to being an active cemetery, Parsons Cemetery is also a historic site. Many of Salisbury’s early leaders are interred in Parsons Cemetery. The Parsons Cemetery Committee works hard to provide historic information for our patrons and we offer a variety of self-guided tours.
Parsons Cemetery takes great pride in working with the local community. Each December we host Wreaths Across America where we honor the 1,300+ veterans interred in Parsons. We also work with local organizations like Salisbury University, 4-H, and the Boy Scouts to keep the cemetery clean and the older markers maintained.
Parsons is grateful for the number of hours volunteered by the members of our local community.
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Gather, honor, reflect. Thank you, volunteers!
Learn more about how you can join the mission: www.wreathsacrossamerica.org ... See MoreSee Less
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Happy 249th Birthday to the United States Navy! 🇺🇸 ... See MoreSee Less
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Some more pictures of our 18 new trees! For more information on our efforts to preserve our environment, visit parsonscemetery.com/preserving-our-environment/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Good job thank you
Thank you to the Chesapeake Bay Trust cbtrust.org/ for the grant which allowed us to plant 18 native trees at Parsons Cemetery. Specifically, we planted 6 Pin Oaks, 6 Red Oaks, and 6 Sweet Bay Magnolias. Yard Designs of Salisbury did a wonderful job planting them for us and will be watering them for the next several months to allow them to get established. These are part of the 37 tree species identified at Parsons in a survey done by Dr Joan Malooff www.joanmaloof.com/ . For more information about our efforts to preserve our environment, visit our website at parsonscemetery.com/preserving-our-environment/ ... See MoreSee Less
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WAY BACK MACHINE: Slow Down Through Pittsville, 1957
A stop-and-go tidbit from the booklet, "Pittsville: A Pictorial History:"
"The next major development in the town of Pittsville's improvements was the advent of the stop sign. In November of 1957 the town officials were hopeful that 40 stop signs, placed at the intersections of every street that intersected the main streets in town, would help prevent accidents among the town's then 525 inhabitants. Previously, the only traffic signs in town were those on the state highways 50 and 343. In addition to the 40 stop signs, six signs were posted to advise motorists of the town's 30-mile-an-hour speed limit."
The men showing such pride in this slow-down civic initiative are (from left): V.V. Baker, bailiff; J. Allie Hamblin, town commission president; Trooper John W. Baker; Bernard McGee, treasurer; and James R. Truitt, secretary.
Pittsville is located east of Salisbury, just off of Route 50. I haven't counted lately, but I believe the volume of stop signs is down significantly compared with this peak. ... See MoreSee Less
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Say their names. Who is your hero?
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My dad Edwin Carey. Retired air force. He fought in the Korean war. May he rest in peace.
Until the end of time, we say their names to preserve their legacy. #LiveWithPurpose ... See MoreSee Less
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