Hundreds at funeral for woman burned alive

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BATESVILLE, Miss. (AP) — About 400 mourners packed a chapel in Mississippi on Saturday to say goodbye to a 19-year-old woman who was burned alive, among them classmates who used permanent markers to write heartfelt messages on her white metal coffin.

"Fly high, Jessica," said some, a reference to the former cheerleader's aerial acrobatics, according to the Rev. Eric Greggs, one of three speakers at the 45-minute service.

Chambers graduated from South Panola High last year and worked in sales at a Batesville clothing and gift shop.

Alabama author Linda Oliver said Chambers had recently asked her to help write a book about her life.

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This undated photograph released by the families of Jessica Chambers and her sister Amanda Prince shows Jessica Chambers taken in Courtland, Miss. About 400 mourners packed a chapel in Mississippi on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, to say goodbye to the 19-year-old Chambers, who was burned alive, among them classmates who used permanent markers to write heartfelt messages on her white metal coffin. (AP Photo/Chambers-Prince Famili, File)

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