Caleb Wilde
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Full Burial vs. Cremation: An Infographic on Cost Analysis
Desperate, Idiotic Thief Steals Hearse
People do weird and sometimes odd things around death. And every once in a while, someone does something really stupid.
Here’s story from MSN News Now:
JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) –The Hinds County Sheriff’s Department has arrested Devarous White for stealing a Westhaven Funeral Home vehicle during a morning funeral.
Westhaven employees were preparing for the home going service at St. Thomas Missionary Baptist church, when they noticed something was wrong.“Once the funeral director went inside with the body to set up, he jumped in the car and took off,” said Nathaniel Ford of Westhaven Funeral Home.
Westhaven officials, gave chase to their stolen car,
“High speed chase, 100 miles and hour,” said Ford. “Our funeral directors jumped in the hearse, and tried to catch him and he was driving 90 miles and hour and the car went off and left him. Then Sheriff’s department got in pursuit.”
The chase went down I-20 into Jackson. The driver bailed out on Camellia lane, and escaped, ducking between houses.
Hinds county investigators say the car thief rode up to the funeral on his bike, which he dropped by the front door of the church, then and went inside. There he left his calling card, and a big clue for deputies, a signature on the funeral registry. Tonight, Davarous White is behind bars.
“I think it’s ridiculous, you can’t have a funeral service without problems like this,” said Ford.
For Those Who Like Quiet Neighbors, Buy a Church and Adjoining Cemetery on Craigslist for under $100K !!!
Yes. You can own both a church and a cemetery and live in them too!!! That is, if you don’t mind living with about 50 other permanent residents, all of whom are reportedly very quiet and peaceful.
And if you have kids, what’s better than have a cemetery as your playground? C’mom, who doesn’t like playing hide and go seek in a graveyard? And just think of the Halloween parties!
Here’s part of the description on Craigslist:
I am an Artist selling my lovely Art Studio in the Catskills- which was once a church! WHICH MAKES THE PERFECT HOME ! and the good news…it is under 90 miles from New York City! That is right! You can drive an hour and a half and have this Open Loft-like space for your Art Studio, business or your weekend Home! I use it for all !
I bought the building about 5 years ago with the hope of renovating it to be more like a home….and, sadly, my permanent home in Jersey City was destroyed by SANDY- so finances have forced me to sell this amazing weekend Home and getaway Art Space .
Well, after spending all my savings fixing the Jersey home…it looks like I am forced to sell my upstate getaway.
But- my loss is your gain.
I am selling this GEM for the same price that I paid for it in 2009- just $99,000
And here are some photos:
