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Brent's father Ray had opened the crematory in 1982, expanding on his grave-digging business. The Marsh family was among the most prominent of the few African-American families in the area. Ray's wife Clara--known as "Preacher Clara"--taught in public schools for more than 30 years. In 1995 she was selected as Walker County's Citizen of the Year. Incredibly, Ray even ran for county coroner in 1992. (He lost.) When he became ill with heart disease in the mid-1990s, Brent returned home from the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, where he played football...
...anonymous caller told the local office of the Environmental Protection Agency to check out the Tri-State Crematory in Noble. Authorities spoke to Ray Brent Marsh, 28, who had taken over the operation from his father in 1996. He told them the incinerator had broken a while back. Each day thereafter brought new appalling discoveries of bodies, some dating back 15 years or more. Fifty-seven corpses were found crammed into six burial vaults. (Each vault is designed to hold just one adult-size coffin.) So far, a skull and torso have been found in the Marshes' pond, where locals...
Nobody is more at a loss to explain the horrific trove than the people who live in Noble and have known the Marsh family all their lives. On Thursday, the tally of bodies unearthed surpassed the total population of the rural, unincorporated town. It was impossible to reconcile the news reports with the family's reputation. Like most people who spoke to TIME, a bewildered Judy Davis said of the Marshes, "They are good people, churchgoing people...
...Saints have gone from a team that absolutely struck fear into the hearts of opposing goaltenders last year to one in the ECAC cellar this time around. However, St. Lawrence was a second-half team last season, and Coach Joe Marsh is a legendary figure behind the bench who has a lot of young talent at his disposal. As Harvard found out in a nail-biting win earlier this year, SLU is a very opportunistic team capable of skating with pretty much anyone in the league. GRADE...
...YORK—Family and friends gathered Saturday for a memorial service for Nathan Marsh Pusey ’28 at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City...