NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Since late November Jenny Green has had to bury 6 of her close family members and friends, a job she does not want her own children to have to go through.
"I needed to start thinking about my own plans because it's so painful and I didn't want my daughters, Amy and JoJo to have to plan it," Green explained.
She decided to do the job herself. Years ago her mother bought her a plot with Dignity Memorial and that's where she started but soon hit a wall.
"I was told you can't be buried in a cemetery with an upright monument," Green said.
Green is single and wants a headstone for her daughters to visit but so far five different cemeteries have all told her the same thing, upright monuments in their garden can only be purchased for two people.
"I said gee, discrimination is not only living, it's when you're dying," said Green.
News Channel 5 reached out to Dignity Memorial and got a statement from the Nashville Director Jeff Duffer which stated different cemeteries provide different options for consumers. The company is seeing an increase in requests for upright monuments and are working to accommodate those requests.
Currently there is only one cemetery within their company that allows upright monuments for single plots.
"I think everyone should have a way to be memorialized, if one person can have a marker, everyone should be able to have a marker," said Green.
Green said she did hear back from one cemetery willing to sell her a single plot with a headstone but it's in Spring Hill which is more than an hour away from her Hendersonville home.
