By KAT STAFFORD (Associated Press)
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Constance Guthrie is not yet dead, but her daughter has begun to plan her funeral.
It will be, Jessica Guthrie says, in a Black-owned funeral home, with the songs of her ancestors. She envisions a celebration of her mother’s life, not a tragic recitation of her long decline.
As it should be. Constance has lived 74 years, many of them good, as a Black woman, a mother, educator and businesswoman.
But she will die of Alzheimer’s disea...