Published inJOUR4090Athens Segregated Funeral HomesAs the remnants of segregation continue taint the sacredness of life and death, African American funeral home directors recall the past…Dec 14, 2020Dec 14, 2020
Published inJOUR4090Segregated Funeral Homes: A look at undertakers who serve the livingCould the saying “til death do us part” start before you die? Up until the late 1970s for African Americans in Athens-Clarke County it did…Dec 14, 2020Dec 14, 2020
Published inJOUR4090Grave Matters: Athens Segregated Funeral Home IndustryIn 1978, Betty-Brown Williamson and late husband Coy Williamson opened Gardenview Funeral Chapel in Athens, Georgia as a place for African…Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020
Published inJOUR4090Story Pitch: Funeral Homes in AthensThe task of an undertaker seems simple enough: receiving, preparing, and dressing the dead. But what if another consideration came to mind…Oct 8, 2020Oct 8, 2020
Published inJOUR4090Reporting Trip: Gardenview Funeral ChapelAs a part of my reporting on the funeral home business I took the liberty to dive into the deep end and go to one of the funeral homes…Sep 17, 2020Sep 17, 2020
