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Page A25 JULY 2018 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A IN THE DEATH CARE INDUSTRY Dedicated and focused, Bill’s knowledge and experience of the death care industry provides you with value added services in connection with audited financial statements, trust fund compliance audits, multi-state taxation and much more. Bill Newman, CPA Partner withum.com Nelson-Haile Funeral Home and Staff Legacies, Trailblazers and Inductees Continued from Page A23 Nelson-Haile Funeral Home, Camden, South Carolina – African American Funeral Home Hall of Fame Five Generations of fam- ily members have served the Nelson-Haile Funer- al Home with the early founder serving as a Na- tional Funeral Directors and Morticians Association past president. Established in 1923 and located in Cam- den, SC, Nelson-Haile Fu- neral Home had a mission to provide excellent profession- al service to those families in the community who wanted afford- able prices and great service The Nelson-Haile family takes pride and time with each family and is known for providing farewell and homecoming next to the best in South Carolina. The 100 Black Women of Funeral Service were honored to have them pres- ent in Myrtle Beach, SC for the African American History Muse- um Hall of Fame Awards. Con- gratulations to five generations who have given their best in ser- vice to the funeral industry. www.nomi s publ i cat i ons . com Continued from Page A14 What It’s Like Embalming a Child Killed by Gun Violence Continued on Page A26 It took him a few days just to sew up all of the entrance and exit wounds to her face, and he had to use 254 piec- es of wire to reconstruct her skull. But as he got closer to making her whole again, things started to become a lot clearer. “When I pulled the face over the skull, I almost fell out on the floor, because I’m recognizing somebody that I know and was dear to me,” Jones said. “So I was mandated to really do my best to bring her back so her baby and aunt who raised her could bring some closure.” Even though funeral directors are rarely po- litical, we often see the outcome of violence, on both a physical and psychological level. We put together faces, and we attempt to put together the funerals for those faces. See- ing that, touching that, stitching that back to- gether … it does something to a person. I can’t exactly say what it does except that it makes the world’s problems seem so much larger and so much more difficult. What is it like putting faces back together? Well, it depends. Either today or tomorrow, the parents and the families of the Santa Fe shooting victims have to make this decision: do we want to have a public viewing for our daughter/son’s body, or not? As the details of the shooting were coming out, I was particularly struck by the fact that the Santa Fe High School shooter used a hand- gun and a shotgun. From a number of ac-