More than six months after Coast Guard veteran Joseph R. Oakman was buried in 20...

More than six months after Coast Guard veteran Joseph R. Oakman was buried in 2013, his grave still had no headstone.

His increasingly desperate son, Billy Oakman, contacted Tennessee Sen. Mark Norris and got results. Thanks to their efforts, during the past year, the backlog for headstone installation there has dropped from seven months to about 90 days. http://memne.ws/1FJ27Ok




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