A grieving family may have to exhume their grandfather and move his body to a different location after a Muslim family who owned a plot next to the burial site complained that the man was a non-believer.
After more than 400 people showed up to pay their respects to 89-year-old Shadrack Smith, who was buried on January 30, the family were told that Smith’s grave may have to be moved despite them paying £2,500 pounds for three plots in a “multi-faith” cemetery.
The Muslim family is demanding that Smith’s body be moved and the local council will meet tomorrow to make a final decision on the matter. Smith’s body was buried facing his home in the Romany gipsy tradition, a community in which he was a popular figure.
After the funeral, the principal officer of the council wrote to Smith’s family asking if they would consider moving his body to a different plot. The family were also asked if their third plot could be used to plant a hedge to separate it from the plot owned by the Muslim family.
“This whole thing has devastated our family,” Smith’s daughter-in-law, Tracey Smith, told the Telegraph.
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