In 1485, the King of England was Richard III. During the Battle of Bosworth in the War of the Roses, he was killed, the last ruling King to do so in battle. His military assistants hastily buried him near a Cathedral, rather than have the enemy take his body. His remains remained there for 530 years, until researchers found him in 2012-underneath a parking lot. DNA confirmed it was Richard III, so they exhumed the body and reburied the medieval king in a more proper place. When I was reading about the changing of burial sites, I recalled an incident of thirty years ago at the Vine Bluff cemetery in Nephi, Utah. While doing cement repairs in a family plot, I had extra cement, so rather than let it go to waste, I decided to patch other headstones that had been standing for a long time, including the one in the photo, depicting Joel Grover, who died in Nephi during 1886. While awaiting the cement to dry, I was approached by a great man and the cemetery Sexton-Rex Carter. He told me that although my actions were thoughtful, they were waiting for the tall headstone to fall over, so they could haul it off. It was somewhat of a hazard, but they were not allowed to do much until it toppled over. He further explained there were no remains underneath, indicating the family had removed them many years before, taking them up north closer to the family. As of last week, the striking headstone still stands, but just verily. I wondered if we could get the British to help rebuild a proper foundation for it, as it still looks stately beautiful with Mt. Nebo in the background and to be buried in Nephi- nothing could be finer or more stately.
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