Bill Would Give Unclaimed Ashes of Veterans a Final Resting Place
by Laura Rice, Texas Standard
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Funeral homes across the country face a grim challenge: storing large amounts of of unclaimed cremated human remains. A bill before Texas lawmakers would address part of the problem, at least for the state's deceased veterans.
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