TIM PRATT
The final four victims of the Academy Crossing Apartments fire were laid to rest Wednesday, but not before a crowd of around 800 people packed into their funeral service at the Starkville Sportsplex.
It was an emotional morning as several family members of 25-year-old India Williams and her three children, too distraught to walk on their own, had to be helped to their seats. One teary-eyed woman was carried from the gymnasium halfway through the ceremony.
Williams and her sons, Jacorian Vasser, 6, Richard Vasser Jr., 5, and Kamarion Williams, 2, died with five others Dec. 28 in their apartment at Academy Crossing on Louisville Street. Funerals were held earlier this week for the other five victims, Lakesha Gillespie, 20, Castella Maria Bell, 18, and her three children, Ta’Nayia, 4, Jayvion, 3, and Samaya, 6 months.
The cause of the fire was still under investigation as of Wednesday afternoon, Starkville Fire Department Chief Rodger Mann said.
At the Sportsplex Wednesday, Williams and her children were remembered as friendly and outgoing. Latoya Guyton recalled going to her cousin’s house as a child to play.
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