Meridian, Mississippi

Food as 'Grave Goods':  As Mardi Gras approaches, the beads come out and the liquor flows. Cemeteries seem not to be exempt. Although food is not common on Christian graves, this is the burial place of the King and Queen of the Gypsies. In 1910, the New York Times reported that five chiefs of the great gypsy clans met in Washington and elected Emil Mitchell to become King of the Gypsies. This year, though, it is his wife, Kelly, who gets the beads. She also gets the apples and the Jägermeister. Rose Hill Cemetery. [2013]

Kelly
Wife of Emil Mitchell

Queen of the Gypsies