Funeral for Carmo Family Monday
More than $50,000 has been raised for funeral arrangements and Lidiane’s medical bills.
The funeral for Kennesaw’s Carmo family will be held Monday at 4 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Marietta.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the public service will follow a visitation starting at 1:30 p.m. at the church at 56 Whitlock Ave., a little more than three miles from the small, 2-year-old Brazilian-immigrant church Jose Carmo Jr. served as pastor, Igreja Internacional da Restauracao (International Church of the Restoration).
Carmo; his wife, Adriana; their first daughter, Leticia, 17; his brother Edson; and Edson’s girlfriend, Roselia DeSilva, died early Jan. 29 in a pileup on fog-shrouded Interstate 75 south of Gainesville, FL.
The Carmos’ younger daughter, Lidiane, survived the crash and is recovering at Shands at the University of Florida hospital.
Her relatives gave CNN the first post-crash photo of Lidiane on Friday.
More than $50,000 has been raised to help the Carmos’ church handle the funeral arrangements and contribute to Lidiane’s medical bills, The Marietta Daily Journal reported.
The local efforts include:
• A bake sale that raised $3,000 and T-shirt sales at Sprayberry High School, where Leticia was a junior and Lidiane is a freshman.
• A Sprayberry Chick-fil-A benefit that brought in $4,820.
• A fundraiser for the Latin American community at Palateria Michoacana Ice Cream Shop.
Bank of America continues to accept donations to the Carmo Family Funeral Fund, account No. 334036157634.
Delta Air Lines gave the fundraising efforts a boost Friday by agreeing to fly the five bodies, accompanied by five church members, to Brazil for burial at no charge, the AJC said.
Marietta’s SouthCare Funeral Home is handling Monday’s arrangements, the MDJ said. A funeral procession starting about 1 p.m. will carry the bodies from SouthCare, 595 Franklin Rd., to First United Methodist.
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Sprayberry High School
2525 Sandy Plains Rd, Marietta, GA -
Chick-Fil-A
2530 Sandy Plains Rd, Marietta, GA -
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Paleteria Michoacana Ice Cream Shop
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SouthCare Funeral Home
595 Franklin Rd SE, Marietta, GA
