Ms. Smith passed away in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Neighbors built a sidewalk tomb for her body after several days had passed, with the poignant epitaph
HERE LIES VERA
GOD HELP US
To this day, photographs of the makeshift tomb epitomize the Katrina disaster.
Her cremated remains were buried in a family plot by her daughters on November 26, 2005. (A news story written 10 years after her passing specifically names Ashland Memorial Park. It includes a photograph of her daughters and a granddaughter interring her ashes, with a mortuary or cemetery employee in the background.)
She was married 4 times. Her common-law husband for the last 15 years of her life, C N. "Max" Keene, died in 2007.
HERE LIES VERA
GOD HELP US
To this day, photographs of the makeshift tomb epitomize the Katrina disaster.
Her cremated remains were buried in a family plot by her daughters on November 26, 2005. (A news story written 10 years after her passing specifically names Ashland Memorial Park. It includes a photograph of her daughters and a granddaughter interring her ashes, with a mortuary or cemetery employee in the background.)
She was married 4 times. Her common-law husband for the last 15 years of her life, C N. "Max" Keene, died in 2007.
Ms. Smith passed away in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Neighbors built a sidewalk tomb for her body after several days had passed, with the poignant epitaph
HERE LIES VERA
GOD HELP US
To this day, photographs of the makeshift tomb epitomize the Katrina disaster.
Her cremated remains were buried in a family plot by her daughters on November 26, 2005. (A news story written 10 years after her passing specifically names Ashland Memorial Park. It includes a photograph of her daughters and a granddaughter interring her ashes, with a mortuary or cemetery employee in the background.)
She was married 4 times. Her common-law husband for the last 15 years of her life, C N. "Max" Keene, died in 2007.
HERE LIES VERA
GOD HELP US
To this day, photographs of the makeshift tomb epitomize the Katrina disaster.
Her cremated remains were buried in a family plot by her daughters on November 26, 2005. (A news story written 10 years after her passing specifically names Ashland Memorial Park. It includes a photograph of her daughters and a granddaughter interring her ashes, with a mortuary or cemetery employee in the background.)
She was married 4 times. Her common-law husband for the last 15 years of her life, C N. "Max" Keene, died in 2007.
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