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Cremated remains part of fireworks show
July 4, 2008
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Indianapolis — One of the fireworks bursting above the city this year will contain a bit of cremated remains - a fitting tribute, organizers say, to the man who ran the annual event for 40 years.
Meredith Smith died in February at age 74. About a half-teaspoon of his ashes will be in a fireworks shell that will create a white burst in the sky for the finale of the show, which was set for Thursday night.
"I can't think of a better way," said family friend Kevin Moss.
He also will be memorialized through hundreds of T-shirts referring to the tribute as "the last shot."
Smith, a school maintenance worker, was a trained pyrotechnician. His widow, Charlotte, said they started the fireworks shows as a community service and sometimes paid for them themselves.
"Meredith felt like the people in this area didn't get the opportunities that other people got, and so he wanted to give them the opportunity," she said.
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toe (Anonymous) says…
I hope he is a bright ash.