When the flowers that were placed there for Christmas came up missing, we thought that maybe someone who couldn’t afford to put flowers on their loved one’s grave had taken them, and in the spirit of Christmas let it go. When the flowers that were put on his grave in memory of his first year of death were taken within a few days of being put there, the anger started to build. Daddy died on May 6 last year. These flowers, a big basket of purple petunias, were gone by Mother’s Day, May 10. So, to try to prevent flowers being stolen and to have permanent flowers on his grave, two of my sisters planted two Knockout Roses at his gravesite for Father’s Day. My sister drove the three or so miles daily at first, and then every other day to keep them watered. When she went to water them today, they were gone! She filed a theft report with the Wadesboro Police Department, but their hands are tied in a case like this. They promised some extra patrol in the area.
Our father was Prentice Eddins. Those who knew him remember him as a decent man, an honest man who loved his family and friends and would never steal a thing from anybody. To the good people of Anson County whose loved ones are buried at Eastview Cemetery: you need to know that this problem exists. If it happens to you, report it to the police. If you see what you believe is a theft happening, take down the person’s information and relay it to the police. To the lowlife, despicable, scumbag thief who took our Daddy’s flowers: I hope those roses die after you sweat in the sweltering humidity and hot sun to dig holes in the hard ground. I hope, too, that the next time you choose to steal from the dead, you think of the sorrow you are causing the family. But you obviously don’t have a conscience and are too ignorant to read this letter.
Suzanne Dyer
Tieton, Wash.
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