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Cemetery Information
Cemetery Information
A brief history of New Hope Memorial Gardens….
In 2004, New Hope Funeral Home purchased more acreage adjacent to Long Creek Cemetery, which had its first recorded burial in 1855 and was certified from the Texas Historical Commission as a Historic Texas Cemetery. With this land acquisition, New Hope Funeral Home opened and dedicated New Hope Cemetery, also doing business as New Hope Memorial Gardens. Since 2004, New Hope offers complete funeral and memorial services, cremations, pre-arranged services as well as offering a Cemetery for both traditional burials, cremation burials and a cremation columbarium option.
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General Rules & Regulations
The following rules and regulations have been adopted as a guide to the use and management of the cemetery. The rules and regulations will help protect ALL who have interest here. All lot owners of interment rights, visitors and contractors performing work within the cemetery shall be subjected to said rules and regulations, amendments or alterations as shall be adopted by New Hope Cemetery Association from time to time.
LOT OWNERSHIP CONVEYS EXCLUSIVE RIGHT FOR INTERMENT (BURIAL) ONLY. NEW HOPE MEMORIAL GARDENS RETAINS OWNERSHIP OF ALL CEMETERY LAND.
The Cemetery retains to itself, for the benefit of all interment right owners, full and complete supervision, control and management of land, buildings, improvements, roads, walks, utilities, development, books and records, and the full and complete authority, rights and privileges to make, change administer and enforce all rules and regulations and restrictions not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Texas wherein this cemetery is located.
All lots in the cemetery are sold in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of Texas, and shall not be used for any other purpose than as a burial place for human remains.
Lots must be paid in full before a burial is made or a marker is installed. Full purchase price must be paid before a certificate is issued.
Visiting hours are from sunrise to sunset, seven days a week. Any person found the cemetery grounds after sunset will be considered a trespasser.
All lot owners are required to notify the cemetery of any change of address. All notices required to be sent shall be sent to the last recorded address and such notices shall be deemed adequate.
No person, other than employees of the cemetery shall be allowed to perform any work within the cemetery without permission from the cemetery.
The cemetery will take all reasonable precautions to protect lot owners and their property with the cemetery from loss, damage or injury but it shall not be responsible for any loss, damage or injury.
The right to use automobiles or other vehicles in the cemetery is authorized solely and exclusively for the purpose of transporting persons to visit burial plots. The speed limit within the cemetery is fifteen (15) miles per hour. Parking and/or driving on any gardens or grassy areas are prohibited for purposes other than obtained from the cemetery.
Bringing fire arms, alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs into the cemetery is strictly prohibited.
No signs, notices or advertisements of any kind shall be allowed in the cemetery unless placed by the cemetery.
No harassment of lot owners or visitors to cemetery will be tolerated.
Interment & Funeral Regulations
Interments into a burial space are restricted to those entitled to burial therein according to these rules an regulations.
Double depth burial is allowed on all spaces in cemetery, providing that decision is made at the time of first burial.
No burial of a casket or urn will be made unless there has been provided an outer container or receptacles of concrete or such other material which the cemetery will deem to have comparable strength or resistance to deterioration.
Funerals are to be at the cemetery by 4:00pm, Monday through Saturday. Any burials after such time will be subject to overtime charges.
There will be no burials on Sunday, Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Year’s Day. Other holidays may incur overtime charges.
No disinterment will be allowed without permission of next of kin, the lot owner, the cemetery and the proper authorities.
Flower & Decoration Regulations
The cemetery reserves the right to remove all flowers from their permanent vases as soon as they become unsightly.
Fresh flower & silk arrangements are allowed on lots in an approved permanent vase. No temporary or glass vases allowed. Glass is prohibited at all times.
Items not allowed to be placed on a lot within the cemetery include, but are not limited to, the following: plants (potted or otherwise), plantings, shepherd’s hooks, standup decorations, coping, curbing, decorative rocks, fencing, hedging, grave mounds, borders or enclosures, temporary or solar lighting. Devotional lights of any type are prohibited in the cemetery. Nor decorations of any type are permitted in trees or cemetery plantings. Any such item not approved by the cemetery will be removed without notice to the lot owner.
Flags may be placed on graves on Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Flag Day, and Veterans Day. Flags should be kept to 12” by 18” in size or smaller. Flags are subject to removal by cemetery within ten (10) days of holiday. Flag etiquette must be followed.
Trees and shrubs are placed throughout the cemetery by the cemetery for overall beauty and serenity of the grounds. Individual lots are not permitted to have trees or shrubs. Any such tree or shrub not approved by the cemetery will be removed without notice to the lot owner.
The cemetery shall have the right to remove all objects whose appearance and condition warrant removal and /or violate the cemetery rules and regulations. The cemetery also will not be liable for any flower or decoration removed or lost by any cause.
Markers & Monuments
Each garden has specific marker requirements, please be sure to check those requirements before making your marker selection.
All memorials must be made of the highest quality standard bronze or granite approved by the cemetery.
The cemetery shall have the authority to reject any memorial that, on account of its size, type, design, inscription, quality, color or method of construction is unsuitable for the particular lot or grave on which it is to be placed. The cemetery reserves the right to prevent the placing or to remove any marker or other objects that do not comply with the standards of the cemetery.
No marker or monument will be accepted by cemetery until marker application form has been completed, signed by lot owner and accepted by cemetery.
Delivery of marker will be refused until setting fees are paid.
All markers will be set by New Hope Memorial Gardens or its agents.
Maximum width for single memorial is 36”; double memorial is 84”; maximum height of upright monuments 42”. For more detailed information of memorial allowances contact the cemetery office. All markers will face east.
All debts owed to New Hope Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens must be paid in full prior to any memorial being placed on the lot, including any installation fee.
In order to protect your marker from damage the cemetery retains the right to move and reset the marker if necessary.
In the event a memorial is placed where it is necessary to remove it for an interment or disinterment, the cemetery shall have the right to remove such memorial without notice to the lot owner.
The cemetery may, at its own expense, without any liability, correct any error that may occur in the placing of a foundation or memorial without notice to owner.
Memorials shall be set in accordance with the general plan of the cemetery. Only one marker per space is allowed.
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