Stranger Hits Dead Man:Officials Release Report and Tickets

Tammy Fausel said that she and her family were shocked at what happened during her uncle's funeral in Gray Court. A Candler, N.C., woman danced in front of the service, waved a wand around the casket, opened the lid, laid her hands on the deceased's head and struck the body with a wand.... charged with disturbing a funeral and public disorderly conduct.... When deputies asked the woman why she acted the way she did, the woman said "she felt that it was the right thing to do at the time...."