The Root; Published By Noah A. McGee
Even during Juneteenth weekend Black families can’t enjoy their holiday in peace.
Over the weekend, as Black people across the country were preparing for their Father’s Day and Juneteenth festivities, one San Diego family was busy searching for the remains of a family member they thought was buried more than 20 years ago.
Greenwood Memorial Park and Mortuary in San Diego told the family of Sidney Cooper that his casket and body were not in the correct spot, according to the Associated Press,
Get this, they only discovered that his body was missing while they were getting ready to bury the remains of Cooper’s wife, Thelma, who died three months ago.
To make matters even worse, Cooper was a staunch advocate of Juneteenth years before he died in 2001 at the age of 71 and decades before it became a federal holiday in the United States in June 2021. Read more
