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Some controversy around the late Edwin Edwards's burial in Louisiana
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:43 pm
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A former governor was buried in Louisiana. Against family wishes, his wife moved his body and had it cremated.
By Julian Mark
Today at 7:05 a.m. EDT
For about 10 weeks, former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards lay buried in a Baton Rouge cemetery. For Trina Edwards, his 43-year-old widow, that was far too long.
“I would go out there and I would try to walk out to the graveside, and I just couldn’t make myself get out of the car. I just hated it,” she recalled in a radio interview on Monday. “So I just decided that I wanted to bring him back home.”
That is exactly what she did.
She had the former Democratic governor’s corpse exhumed, and later cremated, she explained in an Oct. 3 Facebook post. Now, his remains sit on a nightstand at her home on a golf course near Gonzales, La., the Advocate reported.
Once her husband’s remains were back home, Trina Edwards “felt an overwhelming sense of relief and I got the closure I was so desperately searching for,” she wrote in her Facebook post.
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Referred to by some as the “Cajun King,” Edwin Washington Edwards was a longtime Louisiana politician who served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and then four terms as governor, his last term ending in 1996. In May 2000, Edwards was convicted of taking bribes in exchange for riverboat casino licenses during his last term as governor. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and served eight.
While he was serving his sentence, Trina Grimes Scott started writing him letters. The letters turned into regular visits, and visits turned into a marriage, the widow explained in a radio interview. “I never intended to date or marry him, but I was just interested in meeting him because so many people had so many great things to say,” she recalled.
In 2013, the couple starred in a reality television show, “The Governor’s Wife,” which aired on A&E and lasted one season. That year they also had a son, Eli.
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Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:44 pm to frequent flyer
The wife has control over him, not the kids.
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:45 pm to frequent flyer
Damn she's crazy for sure.
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:46 pm to frequent flyer
Just to let y'all know, she's single now...
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:46 pm to frequent flyer
Bury him face down so he can see where he’s going.
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:48 pm to frequent flyer
There must’ve been something in the coffin she wanted
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:48 pm to Hangover Haven
IWHI
She can even leave that necklace on.
She can even leave that necklace on.
This post was edited on 10/14/21 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:48 pm to Hangover Haven
She looks heavy
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:49 pm to Hangover Haven
Would
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:49 pm to frequent flyer
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home on a golf course near Gonzales, La., the Advocate reported.
So she lives in Pelican Point....
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:50 pm to frequent flyer
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Referred to by some as the “Cajun King,”
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:51 pm to frequent flyer
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his 43-year-old widow
quote:lazy bitch
“I would go out there and I would try to walk out to the graveside, and I just couldn’t make myself get out of the car. I just hated it,” she recalled in a radio interview on Monday. “So I just decided that I wanted to bring him back home.”
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:52 pm to SixthAndBarone
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The wife has control over him, not the kids.
He is dead. Who cares what she does with his corpse?
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:53 pm to OldHickory
A few years ago the weirdest thing I witness was hearing a very small annoying child calling out for his daddy while I was waiting on some Japanese take out at Hello Tokyo in Gonzales. I looked over and daddy was EWE.
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:55 pm to Hangover Haven
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Just to let y'all know, she's single now...
Given she is single, and LSU will be looking for a coach, maybe the search committee should send her to Tuscaloosa and lure Saban back to town.
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:55 pm to wallowinit
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She looks heavy
Last I saw of ole Fast Eddie was in the Cracker Barrel at Tanger Mall a few years back. She was with him and yes she's a healthy ole gal for sure.
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:56 pm to CoachChappy
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Who cares what she does with his corpse?
I wonder what she does with the ashes. This crazy train goes on forever
This post was edited on 10/14/21 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 10/14/21 at 1:57 pm to OldHickory
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Bury him face down so he can see where he’s going
If you bury him face down it will be so he can tell everyone left to kiss his arse, which is largely the way he lived his life.
This post was edited on 10/14/21 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 10/14/21 at 2:00 pm to pochejp
She is no dummy I give her that.
She is only 43 and has made out pretty good. Target an old rich man who is in jail. Marry when he gets out, wait for him to die.
She is only 43 and has made out pretty good. Target an old rich man who is in jail. Marry when he gets out, wait for him to die.
Posted on 10/14/21 at 2:01 pm to frequent flyer
A Gold Digger and a Grave Digger.
This post was edited on 10/14/21 at 2:02 pm
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