A Private Family Burial Estate
Spokane, Washington
Scribner Cemetery is a private family burial estate located in the heart of Greenwood Memorial Terrace in Spokane Washington. It was architecturally designed by CPRA, Cemetery Planning Resource Alliance, a Denver Colorado based architectural firm. It encompasses several acres on its own private garden terrace overlooking downtown Spokane surrounded by territorial mountain views and the Spokane River and is approximately one mile west of the downtown business district. Overlooking Scribner Cemetery and sharing its afternoon shadow is a giant 40-foot white cement cross, known as The Cross of Inspiration, erected in 1961. Scribner Cemetery has been designed for unlimited burials and has been fully funded for endowment care.
It was developed by Keith Raymond Scribner, founder of Scribner Investment Companies a real estate developer based in Spokane Washington, in memory of his father Sergeant Eugene Francis Scribner who died on June 22, 1969. Sergeant Eugene Francis Scribner was a distinguished and decorated Army Sergeant and served in the Korean War. The picture above was taken when Sergeant Eugene Francis Scribner was at the Imperial Palace Grounds in Tokyo, Japan on August 11th 1952.
Scribner Cemetery is honored to have a military memorial. Flying under 3 tall flag poles is this designed life size bronze army sergeant kneeling at a battlefield cross of his deceased platoon comrade as his daughter tries to comfort him signifying the sacrifices for freedom both the soldier and his family endure.
Keith R. Scribner and his father Sergeant Eugene Francis Scribner are direct descendants of Lord Sir Thomas Scriven from Shropshire England, and his son John Scribner, that arrived in the American Colonies in New Hampshire estimated around 1645. This is the Church of St Mary’s and St Andrews in Condover, England. Lord Sir Thomas and Margaret Corbet Scriven were entombed in carved life size marble tombs in front of this church estimated around 1650, which is still the largest known church in Shropshire, England today.
There are many known related Scribner family burial cemeteries in the United States. Shown above is Scribner Hill in Manchester Maine. Others include Scribner Burial Ground in Waterboro Maine, Scribner Hill in Otis Maine, Scribner Hill in Kennebec County, Maine, Scribner Municipal Cemetery in Scribner Nebraska, Maplewood Cemetery in Exeter Missouri and Scribner Family Farm Cemetery in Raymond New Hampshire as seen above.
DNA testing has confirmed Scribner’s paternal ancestors to be French royalty, the House of Bourbon. At one point, Bourbon royalty expanded their seats beyond France to parts of Spain, Sicily, Parma and Naples. The House of Bourbon remains royalty today in Spain and Luxemburg. King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette are well known Royals that ruled that era. The picture above is the Palace of Versailles, also known as Chateau de Versailles, was the royal residence for the House of Bourbon. Today, it's one of the most popular attractions in the world with an average of 15,000,000 visitors per year.