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Letter: County must create a paupers' cemetery

Thank you for your Nov. 14 editorial urging Beaufort County to make arrangements to humanely bury its poor and unknown.

Coroner Ed Allen has explained in a previous article that Beaufort County has no plans to properly bury the unclaimed remains that have been stored for decades at the coroner's office.

Like other South Carolina counties have done, Beaufort County has a responsibility to create a paupers' cemetery to serve as a final resting place.

Andrea Hoerner

This story was originally published November 21, 2015 at 10:15 PM with the headline "Letter: County must create a paupers' cemetery."

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