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Woman sues Sylvania Funeral Home
Alleges her husband's remains were not handled properly
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A Sylvania woman alleges a local funeral home mishandled her husband’s body, allowing it to decompose to the point that the man had to be buried naked in a body bag. Emma Williams filed a lawsuit July 19 against Sylvania Funeral Home claiming her husband’s body was improperly embalmed, stored incorrectly, and that the funeral home staff refused to allow her to view the body. According to Megan Haley, an attorney with Atlanta-based Fellows La Briola LLP, Williams “filed a lawsuit in the State Court of Chatham County alleging the improper embalmment and storage of the remains of her late husband Johnny Lee Williams by Sylvania Funeral Home Inc.”
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