Imperial Sugar employee Dave Fish, right, and his wife, Heather, hold candles in front of the Our Lady of the Lourdes Catholic Church during a vigil on Saturday in Port Wentworth, Ga. (Stephen Morton/AP)
Hundreds of family, friends and co-workers on Saturday mourned employees killed in a deadly Georgia sugar refinery explosion.
Nine people died at Imperial Sugar last week when sugar dust ignited earlier this month in Port Wentworth.
More than 250 people filled the pews of Immanuel Baptist Church to memorialize 54-year-old Truitt Byers of Savannah. He is one of four employees whose funerals are being held Saturday.
The minister told Byers' wife and two children during the service they should not be afraid to cry or ask questions about the tragedy.
Byers worked as an operator mechanic for 22 years at the refinery, which produces Dixie Crystals brand sugar.
Wreaths at the front gate of the Imperial Sugar Company in memoriam for employees who died in the conflagration. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
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(The Associated Press)
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Sugar Refinery Blast Victims Mourned
