MONROEVILLE, Ala. – "Piece of candy?"
Anthony Moffat brought a little sustenance with him to the the cemetery by First United Methodist Church in Monroeville on Saturday morning. Modern equipment makes pretty quick work of grave digging, and it only took about half an hour to carve a casket-sized hole in the ground.
With the fog lifting and the sun rising, Moffat's job was done. Next to the graves of Harper Lee's mother, father and sister, a patch of dirt stood newly and neatly hollowed.
“I been knowing of her a long time,” Moffat said of the iconic author, whom he recalled meeting as a child. “She was a real sweet lady.”
Credit: Jennifer Brett
Credit: Jennifer Brett
He sat in his truck and unwrapped a Werther’s caramel apple drop.
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