During those days it was the custom that we dug the graves for each other, but in our case Daddy always gave me that job. When Bill Ott passed away, I was the one that was from our house to set up all night. When Dave Graham died, I was the one to help dig the grave. It rained all day when we dug Dave’s grave. We had a problem keeping the water out of the grave, so one would dig and the other one bail out water. They had planned to bury Dave in a wooden box, but the grave was so full of water, it would have floated, so the undertaker went back to Jefferson City for a concrete vault. They didn’t have a regular size on hand so they had to take an extra large one and we had to go back in and make the grave larger. We put 2 x 4’s on the bottom so the undertaker could get the straps out that lowered the casket. Well, the 2 x 4’s floated out of place and the casket didn’t set level, so there was a lots of gurgling as water got in anyway.