The funeral for Heyward Patterson took place at Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church on Friday. Patterson was one of 10 people killed in the racist mass shooting at Tops on Jefferson Avenue on Saturday.Â
Pall bearers bring out the casket after the funeral of Heyward Patterson at Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church, Friday, May 20, 2022. Patterson was killed in the mass shooting in Tops on Jefferson Avenue on Saturday.Â
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Two women hug after the funeral of Heyward Patterson.
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The processional to the cemetery begins after the funeral of Heyward Patterson at Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church.
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Patterson's ex-wife Tirzah Paul-Patterson gets a hug after leaving the viewing hour for family and friends before the funeral.
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Ex-wife Tirzah Paul-Patterson outside the church with her son Jaques Patterson, 12, Heyward's only son, after the viewing hour for family and friends before the funeral.
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Loved ones walk out of the church after the viewing for family and friends before the funeral.
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Mayor Byron Brown hugs Patterson's ex-wife Tirzah Paul-Patterson.Â
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Patterson's only son, Jaques, 12, outside the church before the funeral.
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Funeral attendees file out after the service is over.
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After the funeral, they carry out many floral arrangements before the casket is carried out.Â
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A car is parked outside the funeral with photos of each of the victims and a Tops hat on top. Â
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The processional heads up Main Street to the cemetery after the funeral.
"It's so hurtful to see something like this, to know that this could have been any one of us on any day of the week in this community, in this grocery store," Janae Baker said of the effects of the crime that authorities called "pure evil" committed by a white supremacist.
