For five generations, the Hartsell family has been helping residents of the Uwharries deal with the passing of their loved ones. This story is an essay on death and grief from the perspective of those who deal with it every day.

“When there is a death, things go on hold.”

A white house with large columns in front
A group of men sit in a church
A woman leans over the coffin of a deceased woman
A man rests his hand on a deceased woman's head
A coffin is wheeled out of an elevator
A woman stands under a tent at a graveyard

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