{"id":46995,"date":"2020-08-14T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fear-and-empathy-at-la-funeral-home-serving-black-families\/"},"modified":"2020-08-14T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T18:15:00","slug":"fear-and-empathy-at-la-funeral-home-serving-black-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fear-and-empathy-at-la-funeral-home-serving-black-families\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fear and empathy at LA funeral home serving black families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Fear and empathy at LA funeral home serving black families<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        August 14, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 2:15pm           <\/p>\n<p>                <span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LWAu17so21w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" title=\"Video\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n                        LOS ANGELES \u2014 When people began dying from the coronavirus in the United States, for a few weeks funeral home owner Candy Boyd declined to receive the remains of such patients.<\/p>\n<p>There were too many unknowns, and Boyd didn\u2019t feel like her employees had the training or equipment to safely handle the remains of people who may have active COVID-19 infection in their bodies. But the calls kept coming. Desperate families said other funeral homes were also not receiving people who died of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Boyd, 53, decided she had to make it work. She reminded herself that she got into the funeral home business more than 10 years ago after running a construction company because she wanted to help people in their most vulnerable state. And the communities her funeral home serves, Black people and others of color in South Los Angeles, were clearly being hard hit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt tugged at my heart strings,\u201d said Boyd. \u201cTo hear some of the stories I\u2019ve heard in the last three months has been incredible. People having to say goodbye through an iPad, a window.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany have not seen their family members in 30 days. The next time they see them is in a casket,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>With some other homes still not taking bodies, Boyd said her facility\u2019s workload has increased by 40% while constantly adapting to changing state and local regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The first months, she had trouble sleeping and eating. Her 32-year-old daughter, who also works at the funeral home, persuaded her to stop watching the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the pandemic first started, I had nightmares, I would wake up in a cold sweat thinking about this,\u201d said Boyd.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"slideshow-16136101-1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Erika Banks\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/funeral-7.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Erika Banks cries as she eulogizes her sister Lydia Nunez, who died from COVID-19, during a funeral service in memory of Nunez at the Metropolitan Baptist Church.                                                          <\/p>\n<p>AP\/Marcio Jose Sanchez\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Erika Banks\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/funeral-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Erika Banks shows a photograph of her sister Lydia Nunez, who died from COVID-19, after a funeral service for Nunez Tuesday.                                                            <\/p>\n<p>AP\/Marcio Jose Sanchez\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Candy Boyd\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/funeral-2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Candy Boyd, left, owner of Boyd Funeral Home, is helped as she brings in the body of Lydia Nunez, who died from COVID-19, during a funeral service at the Metropolitan Baptist Church.                                                          <\/p>\n<p>AP\/Marcio Jose Sanchez\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Candy Boyd\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/funeral-3.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Candy Boyd, owner of Boyd Funeral Home, poses for a photo in front of a hearse before a funeral service for Lydia Nunez, who died from COVID-19, at the Metropolitan Baptist Church.                                                            <\/p>\n<p>AP\/Marcio Jose Sanchez\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Darryl Hutchinson\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/funeral-4.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Darryl Hutchinson, facing camera, is hugged by a fellow relative during a funeral service for Lydia Nunez, who was Hutchinson&#8217;s cousin.                                                         <\/p>\n<p>AP\/Marcio Jose Sanchez\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Erika Banks\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/funeral-6.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Erika Banks carries flowers pass the burial site for her sister Lydia Nunez, who died from COVID-19, at the Rose Hills Cemetery.                                                            <\/p>\n<p>AP\/Marcio Jose Sanchez\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Samuel Nunez\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/funeral-8.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Samuel Nunez, left, receives well-wishes from a neighbor after a funeral service for his daughter Lydia Nunez, who died from COVID-19.                                                          <\/p>\n<p>AP\/Marcio Jose Sanchez\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Candy Boyd\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/funeral-9.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Candy Boyd, owner of Boyd Funeral Home, speaks to family members at an interment for Lydia Nunez, who died from COVID-19, at the Rose Hills Cemetery.                                                           <\/p>\n<p>AP\/Marcio Jose Sanchez\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lydia Nunez\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/funeral-10.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Pall bearers carry a casket with the body of Lydia Nunez, who died from COVID-19, after a funeral service at the Metropolitan Baptist Church.                                                           <\/p>\n<p>AP\/Marcio Jose Sanchez\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lorraine Nunez,Samuel Nunez\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/funeral-11.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Lorraine Nunez, center in white, and her husband Samuel, second from right, cry over the casket of their daughter Lydia Nunez, who died from COVID-19, after a funeral service at the Metropolitan Baptist Church.                                                          <\/p>\n<p>AP\/Marcio Jose Sanchez\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Samuel Nunez\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/funeral-12.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Samuel Nunez, center, cries as he walks past a picture of his daughter Lydia Nunez, bottom left, who died of COVID-19, during a funeral service at the Metropolitan Baptist Church.                                                         <\/p>\n<p>AP\/Marcio Jose Sanchez\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Elton Johnson\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/funeral-13.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Pastor Elton Johnson, top center, conducts a funeral service in memory of Lydia Nunez, who died from COVID-19, at the Metropolitan Baptist Church.                                                          <\/p>\n<p>AP\/Marcio Jose Sanchez\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                Up Next\n                <\/p>\n<article target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/14\/gun-nuts-guy-in-online-group-that-points-firearms-at-genitals-has-predictable-accident\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n                    <picture><source data- data- media=\"(min-width: 640px)\"  ><source data- data- media=\"(max-width: 639px)\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"><\/img><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/14\/gun-nuts-guy-in-online-group-that-points-firearms-at-genitals-has-predictable-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                The unidentified member of the group &#8220;Loaded Guns Pointed at&#8230;<br \/>\n                    <\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Boyd is among many funeral home directors and morticians with misgivings about whether to accept those felled by the virus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.<\/p>\n<p>Carol Williams, executive director of the Georgia-based National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, said many of its 1,200 members have struggled to get high-grade protective equipment and decided not to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have somebody pick up a COVID case, they can catch the disease,\u201d said Williams. \u201cAs an embalmer, you need a surgical mask, the same thing that doctors have in the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today at the Boyd Funeral Home, workers and visitors wear masks at all times. Visitors have their temperature checked at the door. When making arrangements, only two people are allowed in the office. For casket viewings, only five people are allowed in the chapel at a time. They can\u2019t congregate, must maintain physical distance and are not allowed to linger. Until a few weeks ago, funeral services were limited to 25 people. Now those services must be held outside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve gotten a lot of push back from families,\u201d said Boyd. \u201cWe had one lady who said she was going to punch me in the eye because she couldn\u2019t stand in the chapel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1963 by Boyd\u2019s husband, Reginald Boyd, the funeral home is in Westmont, an area of South Los Angeles that has historically had many Black residents and today also has large numbers of Latinos. Both communities have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus, which has killed more than 165,000 people in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Boyd has close relationships with many families in Los Angeles. Workers recently handled the remains and organized the service for the 34-year-old daughter of family friends.<\/p>\n<p>Not long before she died in the hospital, the woman told her mother, \u201cI think COVID has got the best of me. If something h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens, please tell Ms. Candy to come and pick me up,\u201d Boyd recalled the mother telling her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen heads decapitated, legs taken off. I\u2019ve seen everything. I can\u2019t say I\u2019ve ever seen anything like this,\u201d said Boyd. \u201cWhat bothers me is that they keep saying that a lot more people are going to die.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Living News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/14\/fear-and-empathy-at-la-funeral-home-serving-black-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Fear and empathy at LA funeral home serving black families&#8221; August 14, 2020 | 2:15pm LOS ANGELES \u2014 When people began dying from the coronavirus in the United States, for a few weeks funeral home owner Candy Boyd declined to receive the remains of such patients. 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