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Harper Lee Laid To Rest in Monroeville...

Today's funeral for "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee was as private as her later life in the town of Monroeville. A few dozen family members gathered Saturday at the First United Methodist Church. Her hometown was the inspiration for southern town depicted in her Pulitzer Prize winning classic "To Kill a Mockingbird." Her casket was taken by silver hearse to the adjacent cemetery where her father, A.C. Lee and sister, Alice Lee, are buried. Two uniformed Monroeville police officers stood outside the church during the private service. The southern Alabama town seems destined to always be linked to Lee.

Pat Duggins is news director for Alabama Public Radio.
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