Mark Smith carries mom’s cremains and family up to the gravesite at Oakwood Cemetery Friday, July 7, 2023. Ruth Ann Pullen requested she be shuttled to her final resting place via a hayrack. (Alex T. Paschal - apaschal@shawmedia.com/credit)
Photojournalist/columnist for Sauk Valley Media
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