Woman buried in wrong grave and someone else's clothes & jewelry


	Woman buried in wrong grave and someone else's clothes & jewelry

agirlanddherdogs

5-24-2008 7:36 PM

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burial, bereaved, funeral, gravediggers, mistaken identity, mortuary, cemetary, buried

agirlanddherdogs says:

how awful!

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5-25-2008 2:14 AM

tanyamm

Has the funeral never heard of truth in advertising.

5-25-2008 2:16 AM

tanyamm

I meant to say, has the funeral home never heard of truth in advertising.

5-25-2008 9:53 AM

carrerinyes

OMG!

5-25-2008 9:55 AM

skwirlinator

At least she wasn't cremated or anything.
Remember that deal in GA where people were supposed to be cremated and instead were dumped out back?

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