Funeral Home Accidentally Switches Bodies
Posted on: Friday, 16 April 2004, 06:00 CDT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A funeral home admitted it accidentally switched the bodies of two deceased women, a family member said.
Tracey Meeks said officials from the M.J. Edwards Funeral Home informed her on Wednesday they had mistakenly buried her mother somewhere in West Tennessee the day before. But not without some prodding.
Meeks and her sister-in-law got tired of waiting to view the body Wednesday afternoon before a wake. After complaining, the funeral director pulled them aside.
"I joked, saying, 'What could be the problem, you buried the wrong body?'" Meeks said. "He turned to me and said, 'Exactly.'
The funeral home refused to comment.
Robert Gribble, executive director of the Tennessee Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, said his office rarely gets complaints about mixed-up bodies.
A funeral home found guilty of mixing up bodies could lose its license, be fined up to $1,000 or receive a letter of reprimand.
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