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Season after season, Benson man decorates parents' gravesite
Death is not easy when a loved one is lost, but maybe the love is not gone, perhaps that door can remain open.
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Death is not easy when a loved one is lost, but maybe the love is not gone, perhaps that door can remain open.
TRAVEL BUT THE AGENCY SAYS IT IS NOT CONSIDERING THAT AT THIS TIME. >> >>> OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER IS WITH A SON WHO HAS DEEP FEELINGS ABOUT HIS DECEASED PARENTS. >> WE FIND SCOTT IN BENSON AT A GREAT SITE LAVISHED WITH LOVE. >> THIS IS NOT EASY, WITH A LOVED ONE IS LOST. MAYBE THE LOVE IS NOT GONE, PERHAPS THAT DOOR CAN REMAIN OPEN? >> I GOT TO BUILDING AND IT WAS A CONVERSATION PIECE. >> WOULD YOU THINK YOUR PARENTS WOULD SAY? >> I HOPE THEY WOULD ENJOY IT, IF NOT THEY'D BE MAD AT ME. >> THEY WERE SUPER FRIENDLY AND NICE AND VERY LOVING. >> THEY ARE BURIED AT ROSELAWN CEMETERY IN BENSON AND THEY ARE REMEMBERED SEASON AFTER SEASON AND EVERY HOLIDAY EVERY YEAR. >> IT IS A COMFORT TO ME. >> A COMFORT TO DECORATE HIS MOM AND DAD'S GRAVE. AT VALENTINE'S DAY, EASTER, HALLOWEEN, THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS >> I WAS NEVER RAISED TO LEE'S EITHER ONE OF THEM, NOT EVEN TO THIS DAY. >> REQUEST YOUR PARENTS? >> OH, YES. >> MATT AND YNEZ. THEY RAN HOLLAND FURNITURE COMPANY IN BENSON. >> IT STARTED IN 1956. MY FATHER AND MOTHER STARTED IT'S. >> THE STORE CLOSED AFTER THEIR DEATHS. MAX WAS 83 WHEN HE DIED IN 2005. YNEZ WAS 84 WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2007. >> IT'S BEEN OVER A DECADE SINCE YOU LOST THEM, DOES IT STILL HURT? >> YES THERE. EVERYDAY. >> HE REMEMBERS THEM AND HONORS THEM AND DECORATE THEIR GRAVE ELABORATELY, DEVOTEDLY, LOVINGLY . DO YOU FEEL THEIR PRESENCE? >> YES. I FEEL MY MOM IS WARPED. I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, I WOULD SUCK MY THUMB IF I HAD FIVE MORE MINUTES. I AM THE BABY. >> A DEVOTED SON THAT FAITHFULLY DECORATES HIS PARENTS GRAVE. >> I HAVE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME STOP IN THE GRAVEL YARD WHEN I PUT IT UP AND HOLLER HOW GREAT IT LOOKS. >> IT LOOKS LIKE OTHERS REMEMBER THEIR LOVED ONES BUT IT ALSO LOOKS AS IF THEY DON'T. >> I BET SO MANY PEOPLE BURY THEIR PARENTS AND THAT IS THE END. >> THAT'S A LITTLE SHOCKING. IN THIS GRAVEYARD THEY ARE TOTALLY FORGOTTEN. >> DEATH IS TOUGH. >> IT IS. I WILL NOT BE THE ONE TO TELL YOU THAT IT WILL EVER GET BETTER. IT HAS NOT FOR ME. >> THIS MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THIS AND THIS AND THIS. >> I KNOW THEY ARE IN HEAVEN AND I HAVE SECURITY ON THAT BUT THAT TOUCH AND LOVE AND SMILE, THAT KINDNESS YOU MISS IT. >> HE SAID HE HAS SEEN OTHER