Give rest, O Christ, to your servants with your saints,
where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting.
Funerals and Burials at Grace Church
Grace Church's cemetery sits on approximately 11 acres surrounding the church building. The earliest grave is that of Rev. James Maury, one of the first rectors of the parish in the 1750's. Read more about the history of Grace Church cemetery here. In the early 2000's, the church added a Memorial Garden, where urns may be buried or ashes scattered.
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Purchase of interment rights to lots is limited to current members of the parish and their children, grandchildren and spouses. Grace Church also offers the opportunity for non-members of the church to purchase interment rights with the approval of the Rector and the Junior Warden. Find Grace Church's policies and regulations regarding the cemetery, including the application to purchase a cemetery lot here.​
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Funeral services should be arranged with the Rector. (To contact the Rector, call the church office at 434-293-3549.) Find information about the Episcopal rite of "Burial of the Dead" in the online Book of Common Prayer under the heading Pastoral Offices (beginning on page 469 or page 491).
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Grace Church offers these resources to assist those who wish to make arrangements in advance.
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