The hearse that carried the body of President John F. Kennedy failed to sell at a classic car auction in Seabrook yesterday. Apparently the highest bid of around $900,000 wasn't enough for the owner of the historic vehicle. After his mother-in-law's funeral, Nathaniel Craigmiles saw the exact casket that had cost him $3,200 in Tennessee selling for only $800 in a New York City store. Hmmm. Craigmiles, pastor of Marble Top Missionary Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, saw a good … [Read more...] about Coffin Break
Archives for May 21, 2007
Honoring Thomas and Section 60
Our hearts go out to the mother in Southern California who lost her son last month in a motorcycle accident. He died doing what he loved. Remember Thomas, her only son. Here's his My Space page courtesy of his mom. Then we read about Section 60 at Arlington in the Washington Post. Login may be needed. In Section 60, death remains too fresh to be separated from life. You see it in the 17 cigars pushed into the grass near one headstone, signs that a combat unit stopped by. Here in … [Read more...] about Honoring Thomas and Section 60