Day of Prayer for County Enmeshed in Body Count
Ministers in the rural county where hundreds of decomposing corpses have been found at a crematory led a day of prayer, assuring family members that the souls of the dead were not defiled.
“Father, we come before you with our hearts heavy and our minds full of confusion,” said the Rev. Gary Bruce of LaFayette Church of God, not far from Tri-State Crematory in Noble.
At a modest service, 21 ministers from northwestern Georgia said prayers seeking wisdom for authorities, strength for the recovery workers and mercy for Ray Brent Marsh, the crematory owner now charged with 118 felony counts.
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