Sometimes...it is...take this for example, I live in Illinois, ya dig....wonderful place to live, right? Well, sometimes it is, anyway....I've seen a lot of things here, but just when I thought I've seen it all, some idiots go and does something so unfathomable that I'm left wondering what WOUDN'T people do for money....
I'm convinced there is nothing so sacred....
Not even cemeteraies...
Burr Oak cemetery, resting place of many legendary blues musicians, such as Willie Dixon, and Dinah Washington. It's also the resting place of Emmet Till, the 14 year old African American boy who was allegedly murdered for whistling at a white women....this is the incident that is said to have galvanized the Civil Rights Movement.
My grandmother who is 75 years old told me that at one point in time, this was the only cemetary that blacks where allowed to bury their loved ones in..."we" weren't allowed to be buried in other places...how sad...
Last week, this cemetary was brought into the spotlight because four of the cemetery workers were charged with desecrating graves! They were digging up, and dumping bodies...reselling the plots for profit...
Last time I checked, I believe I heard it was over 300 bodies that have been removed from their resting spots! Un-'effin' -believable!
To make the story even worse...I have four family members buried in this very cemetary....none of which have been located so far....
L.C. Fran, Aunt Lorraine, and Aunt Betsie, may you still rest in peace!
MONEY IS THE ROOT TO ALL EVIL....IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO GET IT....
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