‘Mourning Memphis’ in Victorian Village
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Docent Amanda Shaffery talks about Victorian era funeral practices during a tour as the Woodruff-Fontaine House in Victorian Village goes into mourning for the month of October with a collection of funereal artifacts on display including clothes, hair of the departed and jewelry. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
An exhibit about the elaborate grieving customs of the 1800s will be in place at Woodruff-Fontaine House until Oct. 27. Twilight tours and ghost-hunting sprees can be booked by appointment, and not just during October.
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Jill Johnson Piper
Jill Johnson Piper is a second generation newspaper writer with roots in Memphis and Arkansas. She earned a B.A. in English from Rhodes College. Her work appears in Rhodes Today and Memphis magazine, as well as The Daily Memphian.
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