MULLINS, S.C. — When the last mourners departed and funeral director Shawn Troy was left among the headstones, he wept alone. “This year was unlike any other year I’ve ever lived through in the funeral service,” said Edith Churchman, the fourth-generation owner of a mortuary in Newark, N.J. that serves a largely Black clientele. “We were getting bombarded with COVID …
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