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The Long Strange History of the Moulton and Kyle Funeral Home

Posted on May 31, 2019 | 3 comments

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The history of the Moulton and Kyle Funeral Home graphs itself across the center of the city. It includes an undertaker who sold whiskey flasks and rifles, insurance agents who stole a corpse, and a couple who married in an ambulance; an associated funeral home became a movie theater. The new owners left behind a century of personal records and cremated remains.

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New Story: Potter’s Field (Hillside Cemetery) and Howell’s Morning Glory Chapel

Posted on August 7, 2016 | Leave a comment

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The priests called the potter’s field Haceldama, or “field of blood.”

“There will be about 10 that no matter what we do we will not be able to identify them. One doesn’t have a head or legs, so even if we had a dental chart, what could we do?”

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