Funeral services will be held Saturday for 32-year old Army Staff Sargeant Justin Decrow, of Evans, who was killed in the Fort Hood shooting incident. Services will be at Plymouth Wesleyan Church, in Indiana, at 1:00 p.m.

Mourners in Florida have released hundreds of purple balloons to end the funeral of a slain 7-year-old who vanished last week as she was walking home from school. Somer Thompson’s body was found two days later in a south Georgia landfill.

It’s been a good 200th anniversary year for Edgar Allan Poe. The master of gothic horror has been celebrated at events in several cities to mark the bicentennial of his birth. And on Sunday in Baltimore, he’ll get the funeral he never had.

It’s been a good 200th anniversary year for Edgar Allan Poe. The master of gothic horror has been celebrated at events in several cities to mark the bicentennial of his birth. And on Sunday in Baltimore, he’ll get the funeral he never had.

Friday, the ‘King of Pop’ is finally at rest. Scores of family friends and celebrities were on hand for a final farewell, Thursday night. Alex Stone reports.

Friday, the ‘King of Pop’ is finally at rest. Scores of family friends and celebrities were on hand for a final farewell, Thursday night. Alex Stone reports.

A Georgia family facing costly funerals for seven relatives found slain in their mobile home are getting help from an outpouring of donations.

Michael Jackson’s estate will pay what are being called “extraordinary” expenses for the pop singer’s funeral. A judge in Los Angeles authorized the current administrators of Jackson’s estate to pay for the costs of Jackson’s funeral and interment, which are scheduled for Thursday evening.

A Democratic source familiar with the planning says Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is to lie in repose at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston before his funeral at a city church. Kennedy will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery near his slain brothers, another official knowledgeable about the arrangements told The Associated Press.

WJBF News Channel 6’s Sports Director Chris Kane has details of Augusta native, and boxer, Vernon Forrest, whose funeral was held Monday afternoon in Lithonia, GA.

WJBF News Channel 6’s Sports Director Chris Kane has details of Augusta native, and boxer, Vernon Forrest, whose funeral was held Monday afternoon in Lithonia, GA.

Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield was an early arrival among the thousands expected to turn out on Monday to remember three-time boxing champion Vernon Forrest, who was killed in an attempted robbery. The funeral service is at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, just east of Atlanta. Other notables, including boxers Oscar De La Hoya and Shane Mosley and R&B singer Frankie Beverly, are expected to attend.

Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield was an early arrival among the thousands expected to turn out on Monday to remember three-time boxing champion Vernon Forrest, who was killed in an attempted robbery. The funeral service is at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, just east of Atlanta. Other notables, including boxers Oscar De La Hoya and Shane Mosley and R&B singer Frankie Beverly, are expected to attend.

Atlanta police have released video that they hope will help them find as many as four suspects involved in the robbery and killing of former boxing champion and Augusta native Vernon Forrest.

Atlanta police have released video that they hope will help them find as many as four suspects involved in the robbery and killing of former boxing champion and Augusta native Vernon Forrest.