River Valley mom whose baby died buys headstone but never gets it.
BARLING, Ark. — A grieving mother searching for answers after her baby unexpectedly died earlier this year. She bought his headstone from a local business and now months later, her son’s grave remains unmarked.
“It hurts you know, I feel like I can’t completely put my son to rest because no one knows he’s here other than the people who were here when we buried him you know. There is nothing that says that he’s here,” said Kassi Shelton.
Kassi Shelton’s son Tairyn was almost five months old when he unexpectedly died in March of 2022. A few days after his death they went to look at headstones and were told to try Stonebridge Monuments in Barling. The money she used to buy it came from family and friends.
“I went down there are filled out the paperwork for it. He told me it would take six to eight weeks, he actually had it on hand. He actually had a couple because I’d picked a teddy bear,” she said.
She paid in full at just over$1,800. Six weeks went by and she didn’t hear anything, so she called. He told her he’d call to go over the layout before he started engraving but didn’t. Once she finally got ahold of him, he told her to give him more time. Months went by with her and…
