OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) — An Oklahoma City family has been waiting over a year for their son’s headstone to be placed at his gravesite.
Right now, all that’s placed at Michael Whitworth Jr’s grave is a small bouquet of flowers and his family believes that’s not enough to celebrate a son and brother that was loved by many.
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“Just wanting to get closure with it all and then just going up to see his headstone and there’s nothing there,” said Tori Meeks, Whitworth’s Mother.
Seven-year-old Michael Whitworth Jr. passed away in June 2022 in a tragic drowning.
“He was awesome in school, had lots of friends, family, just a sweet, kind boy,” said Meeks.
Meeks and her family paid Affordable Headstones $3,500 for the grave marker.
“In January of 2023, we paid for the headstone, he was like, ‘Yeah, it’s going to take 8 to 9 months,’” said Meeks.
After the nine month deadline passed, Meeks and her husband tried contacting the owner.