A Time to Die

"It's my new home. . .it's like a piece of fine furniture."

11/15/96: Earley receives the coffin he has commissioned from the renowned furniture maker Hank Gilpin. 'What a beautiful piece of craftsmanship it is -- it is like a piece of fine furniture.' And like a piece of furniture, it stands in Earley's bedroom for about six weeks.
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