191.3 Cemetery Lots

191.3 Cemetery Lots

A. Background

Furman owns a number of burial lots in Springwood Cemetery in downtown Greenville.

B. Policy

Eligible faculty and administrators may be buried in the lots in Springwood Cemetery owned by Furman as long as spaces are available.*

C. Guidelines

1.Lots will be provided free of charge for the following persons, if they express a desire for space: The President and his spouse. Other administrative officers who serve the University twenty (20) or more years, to include: vice-presidents, deans, directors of graduate studies, business managers and treasurers, registrars, directors of admissions, chaplains, and other chief officers as may later be appointed. Faculty members (as defined by the Faculty Constitution and Bylaws) who have served the University twenty-five (25) years or more. Spouses of those who have qualified as indicated above. Widows or widowers of persons now buried in the Furman University plots.

2. Termination of service to the university, other than by retirement or permanent disability, voids any reservation or assignment of space made during the periods of service to the university.

3. Any exceptions to these provisions are to be made by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees.

4. The reservation and assignment of spaces is the responsibility of the Vice President for Business Affairs.

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*All of the two-grave spaces in the Furman University plot in Springwood Cemetery have been reserved as set forth in this policy. At this time two one-grave spaces are available.

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