Lincoln Cemetery in west Atlanta is scheduled to hold a cremated-remains placement service at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17. The accounts differ on what participants must pay: Atlanta News First reports that the cemetery will offer free placement in a communal niche with room for about 50 sets of remains, while an EIN Presswire announcement says placement is offered at no charge with the purchase of a personalized memorial scroll for $995 plus sales tax. The available accounts do not reconcile those terms.
The EIN Presswire announcement describes a memorial and committal service from 10 to 11 a.m. at 2275 Joseph E. Boone Blvd. NW, with reflection, prayer, a blessing of the ashes and the reading of each person’s name. Atlanta News First also reports that the cemetery plans a 10 a.m. ceremony before interment. For event details, the station lists Lincoln Memorial Group at 404-792-2220 and [email protected].
The event is part of the inaugural National Cremation Placement Day on Oct. 17. Coldspring’s announcement says the observance is intended to take place annually on the third Saturday in October and encourages funeral homes, cemeteries and industry partners to organize local events. Atlanta News First reports that cemeteries around the country, including Lincoln, are offering free interment that day.
Atlanta News First reported that Sandy Johnson plans to place her uncle Jerome Stroud’s cremated remains at Lincoln Cemetery. Stroud died in 2023, and the station reported that his remains were still at the home of his aunt, Bernice, three years later. The station also reported that cemetery owner Shayda Frost said Lincoln had dozens of unclaimed remains awaiting placement.
Lincoln Cemetery’s burial history
Lincoln Memorial Group estimates that Lincoln Cemetery has interred between 75,000 and 100,000 people over the last 100 years, according to the cemetery’s website.
A separate national estimate comes from Connecting Directors, which puts the number of urns kept in U.S. homes at roughly 25 million, or about a quarter of American households. That figure is an estimate from the publication, not an independently verified count.
