Woman allegedly burst into a funeral service and tried to remove the body in a casket

US: A 36-year-old drunk Tennessee woman have been arrested at the Roundtree-Napier-Ogilvie Funeral Home in the city of Columbia, Tennessee after she burst into a funeral service and began grabbing at the body inside an open casket before trying to remove it.

The woman identified as Cynthia Ann Frierson was put behind bars after she was arrested by the police.

Columbia Police Department officers in a statement said they were initially called to an alleged hit and run of parked vehicles which happened to be a red pick-up truck driven by Frierson allegedly sideswiped vehicles parked in front of houses.

 

As police officers spoke to a driver of a vehicle allegedly hit by Frierson, they received a call of a disturbance at the nearby funeral home.

“Frierson showed up at the funeral home as they were actively having a funeral and walked up to the open casket,” a witness told police.

She allegedly “then began grabbing at the body inside of the casket and at one point attempted to get the body out of the casket” the statement reads.

Guests at the funeral were enraged and told Frierson to get out.

“Frierson then refused to leave, and approximately six people had to pull her away from the casket and take her outside,” the police report stated.

When officers arrived at the funeral home, Frierson was outside the home as she smelt alcohol and her speech was garbled.

Frierson was charged with vehicle accidents and public intoxication in addition with “disorderly conduct at funerals, due to her grabbing the body inside of the casket, which was offensive to the sensibilities of an ordinary person,” Officer Landen Barber wrote.

Frierson was found with a lighter and a piece of paper when police took her to Maury County Jail in Columbia.

A clear glass pipe was also found inside the paper and Frierson was additionally charged with the possession of unlawful drug paraphernalia.

Her bail is set at $6500.