Grandmother is finally allowed burial in church cemetery christianpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from christianpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Two months after a Virginia church refused to allow the family of a beloved grandmother to bury her remains in the cemetery of the church where she served the majority of her life due to an alleged dispute over tithing, the family is now celebrating after the church relented and allowed her burial in the cemetery on Friday.
Alice "Sallie" Garrison was 82 when she died in August. Her funeral was early in September. But until Friday, her remains stayed at Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home, because initially, her church would not allow her burial in its cemetery.
Thousands protest church's decision to block granny from cemetery christianpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from christianpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A Virginia pastor is facing protest from thousands of online supporters of a late longtime member and grandmother of his congregation who he allegedly blocked from being buried in the church’s cemetery with many of her departed family members due to a dispute over tithes.