Texas woman claims cemetery made terrible mistake when ‘burying sister’ in family plot

• A Texas woman, Clota Rainey, is suing Paradise Funeral Home & Cemetery for seven-figure damages after a stranger was interred in her family plot instead of her late sister, Willie Jean Gamble.
• Willie Jean Gamble, who died in April 2024, was meant to be buried next to her parents but her body was placed in storage, where it severely deteriorated, after the mix-up.
• Rainey discovered the error on April 20, 2024, when she arrived for her sister's burial, finding an unknown person already in the designated grave.
• The lawsuit, filed in Harris County Court, alleges the funeral home's 'carelessness' caused Rainey severe mental anguish and complicated her grief.
• Rainey is seeking a minimum of £1 million in damages, plus treble economic damages under the Texas Trade Practices Act, with figures potentially increasing.

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Texas cemetery buried stranger in family plot instead of daughter, $1 million lawsuit claims