burial
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Ratchet Funeral Director Learns His Fate after Fatal Gunshot at Burial Service
A Maryland funeral director was found guilty of murdering someone at a funeral.
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3,300 Black Gravesites in VA Recovered, Waiting for Families to Visit
Local groups are working to restore historic Black cemeteries after decades of neglect, but still face serious obstacles.
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Not Again! Another Miss. Black Man Suspiciously Buried Without his Family’s Knowledge
Is Jackson, Miss. making a habit out of leaving families in the dark?
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Jackson, Miss. To Ensure No One Else Gets a Shady Pauper’s Grave Burial Like Dexter Wade
After Dexter Wade's mysterious burial, a new next-of-kin policy was adopted.
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Small Town Horror: The Story of the Largest African Burial Ground in the U.S.
A long forgotten burial ground of freed slaves was unearthed and became a national landmark.
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Chadwick Boseman Laid to Rest Near Birthplace in South Carolina
Chadwick Boseman has finally and truly gone home. His body has been laid to rest at the place of his origin. According to Boseman’s death certificate obtained by the Associated Press, the late actor was buried at Welfare Baptist Church Cemetery in Belton, S.C. on Sept. 3. Boseman was born in Anderson, S. C., which…
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Family of 10-Year-Old Bullying Victim Ashawnty Davis Uses GoFundMe to Raise Money for Burial Expenses
Three weeks ago, 10-year-old Ashawnty Davis of Colorado killed herself after being a victim of bullying. And now the family is asking for the public’s help to raise money for her burial expenses. Ashawnty, a fifth-grader at Sunrise Elementary School in Aurora, Colo., got into a fight away from school grounds, and it was uploaded…
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Miss. Woman’s Stillborn Daughter’s Remains Go Missing From Graveyard
Nine years ago, Amanda Reed gave birth to a stillborn child. She named her daughter Heaven Sent Reed before burying her in a Tunica County, Miss., graveyard. For nine years, Reed has visited the site where her daughter is buried; sometimes she cleans the site, and other times she brings flowers. Sometimes she does both.…