In Ohio, 6 caskets, 36 pallbearers and a funeral director's tears

A visitation for members of the Rhoden family took place in West Portsmouth, Ohio, the day before six of the eight victims will be laid to rest. The Enquirer/Carrie Cochran

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WEST PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — Scott Davis will fuss over them, one by one, before the Rhoden family arrives.
He will straighten a tie, push a stray hair away from a face, adjust hands. He will run a lint roller over the clothing one last time. Then he will pat the chest, ever so gently. And move on to the next casket.
And the next. And the next.
Davis and his wife, Leichia, have spent nearly a week with six of the eight victims of the Rhoden family slaying. It is their job to make sure the living are able to grieve and say goodbye before the bodies are lowered into graves just seven miles down the road.