About Eternal
Reefs
Headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia, Eternal Reefs, Inc. provides a creative, environmentally
enhancing means to memorialize the cremated remains of a loved one. For
families and individuals that choose cremation rather than burial,
Eternal Reefs offers a new memorial choice that replaces cremation urns
and ash scattering with a permanent environmental living legacy.
An Eternal Reefs
"memorial reef" is a designed reef system of environmentally
safe cast concrete that is used to create new marine habitats for fish and
other forms of sea life. Eternal Reefs takes the cremated remains and
incorporates them into a cement mixture used to cast designed artificial
reef formations. The memorial reefs are taken to a curing area and then
placed in the permitted ocean location selected by the individual, friend
or family member.
The Reef Ball Foundation is
the primary strategic partner with Eternal Reefs, Inc. The Reef Ball
Foundation was created in 1992 by a group of environmentally conscious
college friends who enjoyed diving. In order to reclaim the lost natural
reefs, the foundation developed a patented mold system with an
environmentally friendly concrete formula. With their advanced technology
in the development of these new reefs called, "reef balls," The
Reef Ball Foundation became the recognized leader in scientifically
designed artificial reefs. By 2005, there have been more than 400,000 reef
balls placed in the ocean worldwide.
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Eternal Reefs, Inc. was
created in 1998 when Carleton Glen Palmer, the father-in-law of Eternal
Reefs founder, Don Brawley, requested that his cremated remains be added
to the concrete in one of The Reef Ball Foundation’s reefs. On May 1,
1998, the first in a series of memorial reefs was cast with Carlton
Palmer’s cremated remains. These memorials were placed in the Gulf of
Mexico to create a beautiful reef that is now teeming with sea life.
In
2001, the first Eternal Reefs Memorial Reef dedication was held in
Charleston, South Carolina. Expected
to last 500 years, over 300 Memorial Reefs, have been placed off the
coasts of Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey,
Texas and Virginia. For more information about Eternal Reefs please visit:
www.eternalreefs.com.
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