Buried Child Lost Amid Burr Oak Chaos

Buried Child Lost Amid Burr Oak Chaos
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Buried Child Lost Amid Burr Oak Chaos
AP/File

Buried Child Lost Amid Burr Oak Chaos

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Families still seek information about loved ones buried at Burr Oak, a historic African-American cemetery in south suburban Alsip. Workers are charged with digging up hundreds of graves to resell plots there. That’s where Jerry Jones buried his first child, Jerry Jr., in 1971.

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