PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Wanda Davis waits to fulfill her husband’s final wish, ready but unable. Samuel Sneed spent 21 years in the Navy, retiring as a chief petty officer. In recent years, he met ...

A body hauled in by the nets of a fishing boat off the coast of Massachusetts last week was likely a burial at sea and not criminal, according to the Suffolk County district attorney's office. Last ...

Burial at sea is an ancient and time-honored tradition dating back to the time when people first ventured into the open ocean. According to Raina Stoops, “Cremation and sea scattering are a matter of ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Wanda Davis never dreamed it would take her 14 months to say the words “now we can have some closure and move on.” Her wait to honor her late husband properly is finally ...

Wanda Davis waits to fulfill her husband's final wish, ready but unable. Samuel Sneed spent 21 years in the Navy, retiring as a chief petty officer. In recent years, he met Davis and let her know that ...

Loyce Edward Deen survived the battle of Leyte Gulf only to be cut down in a mop-up effort a week later.

A legendary rocker of the British punk scene was granted his dying wish when his loved ones buried him at sea. James' widow, Minna, told The Sun this week about the burial and said, "It was a ...