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General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: TomSea on April 24, 2018, 11:13:05 pm

Title: Teens stop basketball game to kneel as funeral procession passes by
Post by: TomSea on April 24, 2018, 11:13:05 pm

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Teens stop basketball game to kneel as funeral procession passes by
Cherine Eurich

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Photo courtesy: Lynn Bienvenu   

BATON ROUGE, La. (WSVN) — A heartwarming photo is going viral, showing a group of young men stopping their basketball game in a show of respect for a passing funeral procession.

Lynn Bienvenu and her sister Johanna Stroud traveled to Franklinton, Louisiana, in order to attend the funeral of their cousin, Velma Kay Crowe.

As the funeral procession drove by a local middle school, a group of teenagers playing basketball stopped their game, dropping to their knees in an impromptu display of respect for the mourning family.

Read more at: https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/teens-stop-basketball-game-to-kneel-as-funeral-procession-passes-by/

This story is being widely reported.