PHOTOS: A mother laid to rest after painful delay

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PHOTOS: A mother laid to rest after painful delay

Helen Baynes' burial as held at a metro Atlanta cemetery on March 18, 2023, two weeks after the family had originally planned to bury their loved one.

Trina Baynes says goodbye to her mother Helen Baynes as she is finally laid to rest. A broken backhoe had delayed the burial 14 days after the funeral.

The hearse that carried the late Helen Baynes to the cemetery became stuck in the muddy tracks of the broken backhoe that initiated the Baynes family nightmare.

Eartha Sims (right) sings while holding hands with Trina Baynes (Left), the daughter of Helen Baynes. A broken backhoe had delayed the burial 14 days after the funeral.

Family members of the late Helen Baynes celebrate her life as she is finally laid to rest. A broken backhoe had delayed the burial for 14 days after the funeral.

Family members of the late Helen Baynes celebrate her life as she is finally laid to rest. A broken backhoe had delayed the burial for 14 days after the funeral.

Eartha Sims sings while holding hands with Trina Baynes, the daughter of the Helen Baynes. A broken backhoe had delayed the burial 14 days after the funeral.

Family members of the late Helen Baynes celebrate her life as she is finally laid to rest. A broken backhoe had delayed the burial for 14 days after the funeral.

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Credit: Ben Hendren

Trina Baynes says goodbye to her mother Helen Baynes as she is finally laid to rest. A broken backhoe had delayed the burial 14 days after the funeral.

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