Reephdweller
10-02-2003, 04:28 PM
Family Angry Over 500-Pound Woman's Burial
Casket Not Large Enough, Children Say
NORWOOD, Ohio -- An Ohio woman was laid to rest recently, but her family says she'll never be at peace.
Barbara Norris of Norwood died last week at age 63. Norris weighed more than 500 pounds, so her children were concerned from the beginning about making sure her casket was big enough, Cincinnati TV station WLWT reported.
Family members said they checked with the funeral director at the Tredway Pollitt Funeral Home to make sure everything was in order.
"We all kept saying, 'Is this going to fit her? Is it going to be big enough?'" said Mercedes Norris, daughter of Barbara Norris. "'(The funeral director said) yes, yes. This will fit her." ...more,,, (http://www.local6.com/news/2527756/detail.html)
I heard about this on the show tonight...too funny!
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ORACLE NEVER!!! </center>
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Casket Not Large Enough, Children Say
NORWOOD, Ohio -- An Ohio woman was laid to rest recently, but her family says she'll never be at peace.
Barbara Norris of Norwood died last week at age 63. Norris weighed more than 500 pounds, so her children were concerned from the beginning about making sure her casket was big enough, Cincinnati TV station WLWT reported.
Family members said they checked with the funeral director at the Tredway Pollitt Funeral Home to make sure everything was in order.
"We all kept saying, 'Is this going to fit her? Is it going to be big enough?'" said Mercedes Norris, daughter of Barbara Norris. "'(The funeral director said) yes, yes. This will fit her." ...more,,, (http://www.local6.com/news/2527756/detail.html)
I heard about this on the show tonight...too funny!
<center><IMG SRC="http://www.osirusonline.com/reefdw16.jpg"></center>
<center>HORDE KING FOREVER!!!
ORACLE NEVER!!! </center>
<font size="1" color="red">
<marquee behavior=alternate bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Right now you could care less about me...
but soon enough you will care, by the time Im done</marquee> </font>