I can’t take credit for this one but wanted to share, this comes maybe second or third hand. A couple was touring The Villages, Florida with a real estate agent, not sure if a Realtor or one of The Villages Licensed Sales Agents. During the tour either the husband or the wife commented you don’t see any funeral homes or cemeteries here in The Villages, why is that! The agent said “oh we burn and ship” which was quite the answer.
Let me explain in a much better way than Burn and Ship! Nobody is born and raised in The Villages, they can’t be as nobody under 19 can live here full time. You could have been raised just outside The Villages, but anyway the majority of folks living aren’t from here! In my 11 years of living here and attending many funerals and Celebrations of Life and only once was the casket there. A high percentage of people opt for cremation versus the expense of maybe have the body shipped back to their previous home! So, Burn and Ship!
Dick Betts, REALTOR®
The Betts Team
Touchstone Real Estate
The Villages, Florida
717-860-3107 cell
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