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Willie M. (“Wimp”) Stokes Jr. lies dead in his Cadillac car casket,1984. (via T.A. CRIME COLLECTION: “Willie ‘Wimp’ in His Cadillac Car Casket” (1962) « THESE AMERICANS | T.A.)

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   thanks for this story! I had no idea.

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   Because his father, Willie ‘Flukey’ Stokes Sr. (who arranged the service),...put it...

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    Willie M. (“Wimp”) Stokes Jr. lies dead in his Cadillac car casket,1984. (via T.A. CRIME COLLECTION: “Willie ‘Wimp’ in...

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    Thanks to Order of the Good Death on FB for tipping me off to the existence of this picture. pukomuko: Willie M....

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