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07-03-2008, 12:02 PM
Cremated Remains To Be Part Of Fireworks Show
Man Ran Fireworks Show For Nearly 40 Years
POSTED: 9:30 am EDT July 3, 2008
UPDATED: 10:23 am EDT July 3, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS -- Meredith Smith will be part of his final fireworks display Thursday.
About a half-teaspoon of his ashes will be in a fireworks shell that will create a white burst in the sky for the finale of the annual show in his Indianapolis neighborhood where he ran the displays for 40 years.
"I can't think of a better way," said family friend Kevin Moss.
Smith died in February at age 74.
He also will be memorialized through hundreds of T-shirts referring to the tribute on the city's north side as "the last shot."
"Meredith felt like the people in this area didn't get the opportunities that other people got, and so he wanted to give them the opportunity," said Smith's widow, Charlotte Smith.
They sometimes paid for the display themselves, she said.
According to Indiana law, cremated remains may be disposed of on the property of a consenting owner, uninhabited public land or in a waterway.
The release of the ashes shouldn't harm public health, said John Althardt of the Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Man Ran Fireworks Show For Nearly 40 Years
POSTED: 9:30 am EDT July 3, 2008
UPDATED: 10:23 am EDT July 3, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS -- Meredith Smith will be part of his final fireworks display Thursday.
About a half-teaspoon of his ashes will be in a fireworks shell that will create a white burst in the sky for the finale of the annual show in his Indianapolis neighborhood where he ran the displays for 40 years.
"I can't think of a better way," said family friend Kevin Moss.
Smith died in February at age 74.
He also will be memorialized through hundreds of T-shirts referring to the tribute on the city's north side as "the last shot."
"Meredith felt like the people in this area didn't get the opportunities that other people got, and so he wanted to give them the opportunity," said Smith's widow, Charlotte Smith.
They sometimes paid for the display themselves, she said.
According to Indiana law, cremated remains may be disposed of on the property of a consenting owner, uninhabited public land or in a waterway.
The release of the ashes shouldn't harm public health, said John Althardt of the Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.