Mourners Gather for First Nashville School Shooting Funeral

Mourners Gather for First Nashville School Shooting Funeral
Evelyn Dieckhaus in an undated photo. Handout via AP
The Associated Press
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Family and friends of Evelyn Dieckhaus, one of three children who were killed in a school shooting in Nashville this week, remembered her Friday as a “shining light” and said farewell to a girl who loved art, music, animals, and snuggling with her older sister on the couch.

The funeral at the Woodmont Christian Church in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood was closed to the media. Before the service, the church’s senior minister, the Rev. Clay Stauffer, echoed what Evelyn’s family has shared about her.