A grieving family have revealed the graveyard blunder that meant they were unable to meet their mother's final wish. Ann Hunt's daughters had arranged to bury her alongside their father, who died six years earlier.
However, the Bristol Post reported that 48 hours before her funeral last March, they were informed that the "double plot" at the Church of St George in Easton in Gordano, Somerset, only had room for one and that she would have to be cremated instead. Almost a year on they have now spoken out after reading about a similar cemetery mishap at another North Somerset graveyard.
Ms Hunt's daughter Sharon Rye, who lives in Hartlepool, said she was horrified when she received a call from Co-op Funeralcare in Portishead stating her mother could not be buried as planned. Distraught, she informed her sisters in Bristol, Joanne and Mandy, who said they felt they had been robbed of a dignified send-off for their mother.
