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Jury Selection Begins in Crematory Suit

Written by DeadGirl
Wednesday, 25 August 2004
By MARK NIESSE, Associated Press Writer ROME, Ga. - Jury selection began Monday in a lawsuit against the operator of a crematory where hundreds of decaying bodies were found piled up or scattered across the grounds. Nearly 1,700 relatives of the dead are suing the Tri-State Crematory's operator, Brent Marsh, and the estate of his late father, Ray Marsh, for unspecified damages. This trial will determine only liability. If the jury rules against the Marshes, a second trial will be held a few months later to decide how much they should pay in damages. Marsh sat silently during jury selection, reading from the Bible. Attorneys for the Marsh family, which is black, said they were concerned that the jury pool had just one black member. In 2002, investigators discovered 334 bodies at the crematory in Noble, near the Tennessee line. Corpses were found in storage buildings, in burial vaults, and in pits and in the surrounding woods. Investigators found that the crematory gave some families concrete dust instead of their loved ones' ashes. Brent Marsh also faces 787 charges in a criminal trial set for Oct. 11. Fifty-eight funeral homes that sent bodies to the crematory have already reached settlements totaling $36 million with the families of the dead. In the criminal case, a judge ruled Brent Marsh was too poor to afford his own lawyer. If the families win this lawsuit, they will probably try to get the Marshes' insurance company to pay. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040823/ap_on_re_us/crematory_lawsuit_7

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taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

Taphophilia Facts

California is home to two Presidential gravesites, Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon.

Taphophiles Speak

Have you decided on eternal repose?

	earthen burial
	entombment
	cremation
	donation to science
	cyrogenically frozen
	you mean I'm still alive?

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“I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu!”

William Cowper (1731-1800)