A Do-It-Yourself Funeral: Clyde Spivey, like more and more people, chose to bypass the American way of death
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Most states do not require mortuaries, cemeteries or embalming to be involved when burying the dead. When Clyde Spivey discovered that he had pancreatic cancer and a few months to live, he decided that he did not want to spend that time in the hospital. He refused treatment, except for pain relief, and he and his wife Nancy began to plan for his death. When he died, his sons dressed him and laid him in his coffin, and then had him buried without the aid of a funeral director.
Publication Name: Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0024-3019
Year: 1999
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An extraordinary 'Little Guy'
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World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle has made his journalistic mark in the field of war correpondence. He was also equally famous for his down-to-earth columns on life in America's rural scene, where he told stories of uncommon courage and valor of common people.
Publication Name: The American Legion
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0886-1234
Year: 1997
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