A Marietta funeral home is being sued and accused of mishandling remains after a couple said their dead son’s brain was given to them.
Southern Cremations and Funerals at Cheatham Hill, 1861 Dallas Highway, was named in the lawsuit filed in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, along with another funeral home, Nix and Nix Funeral Home, located in Philadelphia.
Both funeral homes are accused of causing “severe emotional distress,” the suit reads, after Pennsylvania residents Lawrence and Abbey Butler were given the brain and brain matter of their son Timothy Garlington, a Georgia resident who died on Nov. 15, 2023…