Prayers, condolences pour in as Bluffton woman is to be buried on her wedding day

Sadness. Heartbreak. Inspiration.

Those are just some of the ways dozens of readers reacted to the story of Bluffton’s Stacey Evette Bond, who tragically died mere days before her wedding. Bond’s family will go on with a wedding-themed funeral on Saturday, with each person wearing the same outfit they picked out for the big day and with Stacey herself in her wedding gown.

It’s what she would have wanted, they say.

Here are just some of the comments readers shared with us after the story was published.

This story was originally published August 19, 2016 at 1:15 PM with the headline "Prayers, condolences pour in as Bluffton woman is to be buried on her wedding day."