Woman suing funeral home says wrong body was placed in mother’s casket

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF/Gray News) — A South Carolina woman has filed a lawsuit alleging a funeral home put the wrong body in her mother’s casket.Iris Gordon of Horry County filed the lawsuit Tuesday against Ocean View Funeral Home and Cremation Services, located on Carver Street near Graham Avenue.Funeral arrangements made after mother’s deathGordon’s mother, 87-year-old Iris Evans, died Jan. 14. After her mother’s death, Gordon contacted Ocean View and met with Atu Williams, one of the owners, to make funeral arrangements, according to the lawsuit.Gordon had a contract with Ocean View and paid $13,820.55 for funeral services. She gave Williams her mother’s black and gold African attire, scarf, hat, wig and undergarments, the lawsuit said.The viewing was held at Ocean View Funeral Home Conway Chapel on Grainer Road in Conway on Jan. 30. The funeral was held at True Worship United Pentecostal Church on Main Street in Conway on Jan. 31, according to the lawsuit.Wrong body found in cask