Andy Griffith Already Buried at his request.

[warrior1]

http://www.tmz.com/


A rep for Twiford Funeral Homes in Manteo, North Carolina tells us, Andy was buried at 11:30 AM on his family farm on Roanoke Island. We're told Andy had previously requested to be buried immediately after his death ... so that's why it all happened so fast.

We made calls to find out if Andy was embalmed. No one was talking, but we're told it's legal in North Carolina to bury people without embalming them.

We're told Andy's burial followed a small, private service with close friends and family in attendance.

[patrice]

1. I checked into it for a couple of my loved ones and that is the way that is done.

[Mira]

2. I honestly think that's a great way to do it.

but I'm very surprised at this.
RIP Andy.

[obamanut2012]

3. What a beautiful place to be laid to rest

[xmas74]

4. In many areas embalming is not required.

I think it's wonderful that it was done so quickly without too much muss and fuss.

[malaise]

5. Truly wonderful

No fuss, no frills. Rest Andy

[secondwind]

6. Cemeteries are nothing but big toxic dumps.

[K8-EEE]

9. +1 nt

[jimlup]

7. That's the way to do it.

Good for you Andy. RIP

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Olde Style Southern tradition

You drive as north as Virginia and you'll see headstones in the front and back yards of some homes about an hour south of D.C.

[Skittles]

24. CREEPY

[magical thyme]

10. If I could bury my horse on my property, I don't see why human family members

could not also be buried on it.

You don't embalm livestock family members when you bury them, either. Why should humans be different. As long as I was far from anybody's well, there was no problem.

No headstone for my boy, but a wild garden...

[iamthebandfanman]

17. id imagine

most places prefer organised cemetaries as it makes sure the graves wont be disturbed... i know in my area (in kentucky) there are tons of small family graves, typically on the edge of a family property or near a home..
I also know that some of these sites have been dug up on accident because of new buildings and overall population increases ..
when i was a child, some friends and i discovered a 19th century gravesite near where a road was being rebuilt (hadnt been used in a while, had gone into disrepair... so they dug it up, repaved)... from what we could tell, half of the cemetary was under the road... and that road had been there (the old one) since the 1920s. the city definitely acted suprised when we showed them our terrible drawing of the layout (we figured) based on the graves we could see

id imagine there are alot of buildings all over this country that are unknowingly on top of family graves...
lol

i see nothing wrong with it, but do believe you should be required to let county/state officials know of the location so that its protected

[Danmel]

11. jewish law forbids embalming

So it has to be legal. And yes, I know andy griffith wasn't Jewish.

[kitt6]

12. Great man; great actor.

Many people grew up with Andy. God bless his soul.

[emilyg]

13. RIP - good man.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. Sounds like he wanted to avoid a circus

It's sickening when people use the death of someone famous for self promotion.

[underseasurveyor]

23. Welcome to DU Spitfire

Good to see you

[Spitfire of ATJ]

26. Thanks

When I get these greets I can never tell if it's generic or a long time fellow traveler.

That's the problem with having 10s of thousands of posts all over hell.

[underseasurveyor]

27. This greeting is from a long time fellow traveler

and heartfelt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

29. I bet folks here are confused as hell.

I tried to warn them the Neil Munro thing wasn't the first thing I've done that's legendary.

[underseasurveyor]

32. HA

So glad you're here

How anyone can not love a legend is beyond me. They will.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

35. Great,...now everyone is rolling their eyes...

[pinboy3niner]

15. R.I.P., Andy

CNN just showed a clip of their last interview with him, in which he said, "The theme of our show was love."

He was a good man.

[southernyankeebelle]

16. Well am a very practical person. A couple of weeks ago my husband and I went to

our funeral home in town that has done funerals for my husband's family for many year. We both made a decision that we wanted to be cremated as soon as we die and buried ASAP. Neither one of us want a funeral service. I even have our lot already (free) and the funeral director is going to dig the hole. I told them not to put it on the radio or the local newspaper. I don't know many people. I called all my relatives that are important to me and told them so there weren't going to be any surprises. Now I will be able to rest in peace. Really funerals are for the living. I think Andy did it the right way.

[craigmatic]

18. I'm going to miss Andy. I grew up on reruns of his show.

[NNN0LHI]

19. If I were going to be buried that fast think I would want a telephone in my casket

Just in case.

Don

[Spitfire of ATJ]

30. First incoming call would be a telemarketer offering a cruise,...or carpet cleaning....

[jody]

20. He presented "What it Was, Was Football" circa 1954 at my university. I still chuckle at the lyrics.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

34. He had great timing as a standup

The whole "naive hillbilly" bit would be taken as an insult to the Right these days.

I picture him doing this act in bib overalls.

[nolabear]

21. I'm happy he got what he wanted. Sounds like a good idea to me.

Rest in Peace, Andy. I for one will never forget you.

[Sgent]

22. Where is it required that you be embalmed

funeral directors might try to sell it to you, and I could see it if your not doing a fairly immediate burial, but I don't know of anywhere its actually illegal to not embalm.

[muriel_volestrangler]

33. It seems a very strange question for TMZ to ask, too

I can't really imagine what went through their heads to think it was something anyone would want to know. If you really wanted to pry into a private funeral, there's all kinds of other things that might possibly be of vague interest - what music was played, who spoke, what, if any, religious denomination carried out the ceremony, who attended - but "were some chemicals added to the body?" is just bizarre.

[Dalai_1]

25. To leave condolences.....

http://www.twifordfh.com/andy-griffith/

[sarchasm]

28. RIP Andy Griffith

Even in his death he teaches us how to live. Gotta love that guy.

[richmwill]

31. Sounds like a good plan...

My Grandfather's funeral was extremely short. We gathered at the grave site, a Catholic Priest gave a short (3 minutes, if even) prayer, we said our goodbyes, and we left. No wake beforehand, no church service. It was his wishes, and honestly- after experiencing it, I found it a much better way to have a funeral and I have already told my family that it is my wish to have a similar service (minus the Priest, as I am not Catholic). The only person it miffed off was the director of the funeral home who prepared him for burial- he refused to allow my sister to see our Grandfather before burial, since we weren't holding an actual visitation/wake for him. Guess he was mad that he wasn't making the big bucks he usually gets out of grieving families.

In Mr. Griffith's case, for him and his family- with his celebrity status and being a beloved figure, I wonder if worry about a WBC announcement that they were going to "protest the funeral" was a factor in this very quick burial too.