Hundreds of strangers attend Cincinnati area funeral for Korean War Veteran with no family in town as burial was live streamed so his sick daughter could watch Hezekiah Perkins, 90, was laid to rest at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati on Saturday Perkins was a soldier in the United States Army and served in Korea Funeral home asked the public to pay their respects since Perkins did not have family nearby Some 400 people came to the funeral, which included full military honors
By Ariel Zilber For Dailymail.com
Published: 06:16 BST, 27 May 2019 | Updated: 06:48 BST, 27 May 2019
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Hezekiah Perkins, 90, was laid to rest at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati on Saturday
Hundreds of Good Samaritans paid their respects to a Korean War veteran who was buried without any immediate family at his funeral.
Hezekiah Perkins, 90, was laid to rest at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati on Saturday.
The cemetery posted notices asking members of the public to attend Perkins’s funeral since he did not have any immediate family who could attend.
‘Once I learned his daughter and other family members would not be able to attend - his daughter due to health issues - I just felt it was very fitting that this soldier
