Ereina PlunkettinJOUR4090Athens Segregated Funeral HomesAs the remnants of segregation continue taint the sacredness of life and death, African American funeral home directors recall the past…1 min read·Dec 14, 2020----
Ereina PlunkettinJOUR4090Segregated 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…1 min read·Dec 14, 2020----
Ereina PlunkettinJOUR4090Grave 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…3 min read·Oct 23, 2020----
Ereina PlunkettinJOUR4090Story 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…1 min read·Oct 8, 2020----
Ereina PlunkettinJOUR4090Reporting 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…2 min read·Sep 17, 2020----