Amanda Melton, Consultant/Owner

*Cemetery manager/consultant with 10 years of experience

*Kentucky licensed funeral director/embalmer with 25 years of experience

*Summa cum laude graduate of SIU-Carbondale College of Mortuary Science and Funeral Service

*McCracken County Coroner since January, 2019

*Manager since 2012

*Coordinated over 600 traditional and urn burials

*Negotiated the sale of over 500 grave spaces

*Modernized burial records for a cemetery which was established in 1857

*Mt. Kenton has over 19 developed acres and over 7000 burials

*Revised contracts for lawn, groundskeeper, and burial contractors

*Manager since 2018

*Modernized burial records for a cemetery which was established in 1859

*Performed a comprehensive review of lot ownership and current heirs

*Ensure that Jewish burial customs and protocols are followed by all visitors, contractors, and funeral homes.

Specialized skills and services

Purchase Area Cemetery Management offers specialty services in cemetery oversight, analysis, and consultation. These services include:

*Comprehensive review of existing burial records and purchases with subsequent recommendations on cloud-based modernizing/organizing

*Mapping of entire cemetery as well as sections/plots/grids

*Handling of lawn maintenance bids and contracts

*Cemetery lot sales

*Scheduling and coordination of burials (communication between funeral home/family/grave preparation)

*Budgetary and solvency assessment

*Quarterly reports to the governing body of the cemetery

*Thorough canvasing of the grounds to determine current needs/future concerns

*Communication with monument companies when setting a new headstone

*Monument repair and cleaning

*Legacy/succession guarantee

*Archiving all existing burials through Find-a-Grave, a useful tool for genealogy research

*After-burial tending of the grave to include flower removal and grass planting

*Flower and flag placement for special occasions and/or holidays