He wanted a funeral in the church he attended for 50 years but a pastor denied it

The American Olivia Blair wanted her funeral was celebrated in the Church of which she has been an active part for more than 50 years: a simple and logical last wish on the part of a woman of faith.

The woman, in fact, would have liked her funeral to be celebrated in Fourth Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. However, that Church refused to fulfill the woman's last will, leaving a lot of stucco.

According to the daughter of the deceased, Barbara Day, the Rev. Walter F. Houston (pictured) refused to consent to the funeral in that church because the woman, who died at the age of 93, had not paid her tithe (a tribute) properly in previous years.

The daughter told the local press: "I wanted to allow my mother's funeral to take place in the church she has always loved all her life, even as a child."

Reverend Walter F. Houston refused to be interviewed on camera but told the media that Olivia Blair's membership in the church had 'expired' for nearly 10 years. But this would not be true, as reported by the preacher Tyrone Jacques who told how things would go on his site.

In fact, the preacher said documents indicate that the Reverend Houston held the funeral of the woman's husband seven years before Olivia's disappearance and this would be evidence that the family was still in tithing rule during that time.

Furthermore, whether 93-year-old Olivia Blair was an active member of the Fourth Missionary Baptist Church at the time of her death or not should be irrelevant.

In fact, as many would expect from a XNUMX-year-old, the daughter admitted that her mother has not been well in the last two years of her life so that she cannot participate in the cult and does not contribute regularly. And that should be easy for anyone with compassion and common sense to understand. But not for Reverend Houston.

"In the last two years my mother has been in a nursing home or hospital - said Barbara Day - And in the last few months she was in a coma!".

In addition, the reverend pointed out that at no time during that time did any church representative go out of his way to learn about Olivia's health condition. Therefore, it was the Church that failed with the woman and not vice versa.

In a last and desperate attempt to grant Olivia Blair's wish, preacher Tyron also offered to pay to have the funeral celebrated in that church but the referend refused, thus revealing insensitivity and stubbornness: " his privileges, ”he would say.

Olivia Blair, however, had her funeral but in another church.