Lawsuit Claims Funeral Home Left Girls Body to Decompose

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This is generally required if you would like to hold a viewing and visitation at the funeral home or if you will be needing any assistance from the staff. Prices are estimates and are only intended to provide directional information. You should contact the funeral home to get a general price list and confirm available services before making purchase decisions. When we experience the death of someone we love, a funeral service fills several important needs. Ifill said a makeshift memorial service was held this past weekend without Re'Asia's body, and she will eventually be cremated following an autopsy. At a news conference, Ifill announced he filed the lawsuit on behalf of the family after he said Re'Asia's body decomposed and was not properly preserved.

After Johnson refused to allow Morgan to see the body on Feb. 6, Morgan contacted state officials to inquire about her rights to see her daughter’s body at the funeral home, and was told she could. The fifth-grader died on Jan. 22 after suffering an asthma attack while in Georgia. WPTV also confirmed the Florida Department of Financial Services' Division of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services has an open investigation, but the state agency failed to elaborate on what sparked the investigation.

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On Jan. 24, an employee of the funeral home transported Re’Asia’s body to Florida from Georgia without embalming or refrigerating it. “My daughter was deteriorated beyond recognition, her skin has come off her body,” says Ebony Morgan, Re’Asia’s mother. WPTV reached out to Shawn Johnson, the owner of the funeral home, multiple times Thursday, but she was unavailable for comment. "While it may not be this facility's responsibility for the death itself, it is your responsibility to preserve the legacy of the family," said Tayson Gaines, from Gaines Law Firm, who is also representing the family. Shawn Johnson, CEO and president of Shawn Johnson Funeral and Cremation Services have expanded and has now opened a multi million dollar two story funeral home in West Palm Beach Florida.

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Her parents say they hired Shawn Johnson Funeral and Cremation Services in Riviera Beach, who picked up the body in Georgia, but loved ones claim Re'Asia's body wasn't properly embalmed or refrigerated before crossing state lines. Re'Asia's family says the fifth-grader was on a trip with family in Savannah, Georgia when she died on January 22 from an asthma attack. Re'Asia's mother, Ebony Morgan, described what she called a nightmare, and the haunting image she can’t get out of her mind days after her 11-year-old daughter died. During the family trip to Georgia, Re’Asia volunteered serving food during a Martin Luther King Jr. In recent years, the funeral home has performed services for many homicide victims, complete with personalized caskets, picture banners and balloons.

Not a tears from the mother please you all just looking for money. For all those coming out the wood works why you all didn’t report her in the beginning because you all are liars. However, Ifill said he has been contacted in recent days by other families who have complained about the way the funeral home handled their loved ones’ remains. Ifill said his firm will work with local law firms to look into the complaints. This is the fee for the services the funeral home will provide during a funeral or memorial service.

Funeral home let 11-year-old girl’s remains rot for weeks before memorial, family says

Have flowers from a local florist delivered to an upcoming service. Funerals help us acknowledge that someone we love has died. Over the years we have had the privilege of serving families from all walks of life. From members of the arts and entertainment world, to our good friends and neighbors, all while honoring the deceased and comforting their families and friends. When Morgan’s sister began taking photos of the body, Johnson reportedly threatened to sue if she showed them to other people.

Riviera Beach Fire Rescue had posted a notice of inspection on one of the doors but did not specify what it was inspecting. The family filed a complaint with the Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services, said Pierre Ifill, Re’Asia’s uncle and a Georgia-based attorney. Jail and are never ever able to offer services again. Ever Loved's funeral marketplace makes it easy to purchase caskets, urns and more directly from independent sellers at great prices.

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