Obit: Woman chose death over voting in general election Associated Press
Richmond, Va. A Virginia woman's obituary says she chose death over voting in
the
upcoming presidential election. The obituary published by the Richmond
Times-Dispatch and on a funeral home's website reads, "Faced with the prospect
of
voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Mary Anne Noland of Richmond
chose, instead, to pass into the eternal love of God. Her husband, Jim
Noland, tells WWBT-TV that she died at 68 on Sunday following a long battle
with lung cancer. He says one of her sons wrote the obituary's opening line
as a joke and as a way for her children to carry on her sense of humor.
Political comments have popped up in a number of obituaries nationwide this
election
season, with families using them to urge readers to vote for or against certain
candidates. Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
