Most of you know me; for those who do not, I am Buck.

I am humbly posting this GoFundMe to acquire funds to conclude burying my mom and dad.

I am aware hard times are for everyone. My hardship has expanded greatly due to three bodily injuries that have left me without income (yet) and work (temporarily).

My mom passed in 2011, and my dad passed in 2022. Since then, I had to pay for a cemetery plot for BOTH that exceeded $4k, which I have, but I have a balance of $1500 that I am unable to pay at this time.

The severity of this is that the cemetery called me without compassion or any sort of hospitality and threatened to sell my parents' plot if I don't pay it off. My last payment I was able to make was May 2025.

My children are both struggling, and my immediate family and I are estranged.

This GoFundMe is not only to give my parents their eternal resting place in God's earth but to give closure to my children. I owe it to them.

In conclusion, all my information on this circumstance can be verified through David Chiacchio, owner of Chiacchio Funeral Home, and his cousin Michelle Maglione, who both are not only very dear friends of mine but have been by my side during the darkest times of my life.

As a child, I would do anything for my parents and did. I am humbly asking for help for them.

Any contribution will be appreciated by me and my children.

I am on a deadline with Greenwood Cemetery before they sell my parents' plot that I have paid $3k so far, and me going there without hospitality or compassion as they have had none for me and my children.

I have appreciated all of you in my life, and whether you're able to help or not, I always will.

Thank you for your time in this utmost serious family situation.

~Buck, James, and Kaitlyn Buckalew