Elouise R. Cates
Clanton Advertiser
Surviving are her husband, John R. Cates (Bobby); daughter, Patsi Deans of Richmond, Va.; son, Jim Thrower of Jemison; 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren; stepson, Kenny Cates of Johnson City, Tenn.; stepdaughter, Karen Ramey of Jemison; sisters ...

Macon Telegraph (blog)
New Civil War marker unveiled in Macon's Soldier's Square in Rose Hill Cemetery
Macon Telegraph (blog)
Six horses with Confederate flags attached to their heads pulled the funeral wagon in the procession. ... Hundreds of other Southerners died here, as Macon was second only to Richmond, Va., in the number of soldiers treated in local hospitals. In April ...

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New Yorker (blog)
Unburied: Tamerlan Tsarnaev and the Lessons of Greek Tragedy
New Yorker (blog)
So ran the bitter slogan on one of the signs borne last week by enraged protesters outside the Worcester, Massachusetts, funeral home that had agreed to receive the body of the accused Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev—a cadaver seemingly so ...

Bowman, Veronica Elizabeth Hise
The Chattanoogan
A native of Richmond, Va., she was a resident of the Chattanooga area for the past 51 years, she was a former employee of Erlanger Medical Center and a member of Ringgold United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joshua Edward ...

Funeral held for diplomat killed in Afghanistan
Richmond Times Dispatch
Family and friends packed a suburban Chicago church Wednesday for her funeral, remembering her as a brave, selfless woman who wouldn't let fear stop her from trying to make a difference in faraway places. “Meeting Anne changed people's lives,” ...

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Winners, losers in debate over burial
Boston Globe
Worcester funeral director Peter Stefan deserves a Profile in Courage award along with Martha Mullen, of Richmond, Va., who acted on her Christian belief that we should “love our enemies.” June Johnson Wolff. Richard Wolff. West Newton. Reprints; E ...