Hundreds gather for funeral of black rebel flag supporter

Published 2:00 pm Monday, August 3, 2015

By Staff Reports

FILE - In this May 8, 2000, file photograph, Anthony Hervey holds a Confederate flag while standing underneath the Confederate monument in Oxford, Miss. The Highway Patrol says 49-year-old Hervey was killed Sunday, July 19, 2015, when his 2005 Ford Explorer left the roadway and overturned on Mississippi Highway 6 in Lafayette County. Hervey, of Oxford, has drawn attention over the years for opposing efforts to change the flag. He said he dressed in Rebel soldier garb to honor blacks who served with the Confederacy during the Civil War. (Bruce Newman/The Oxford Eagle via AP, File)

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Hundreds of people, many waving Confederate battle flags outside, gathered for the funeral of a black rebel flag supporter killed in an accident near Oxford.

Multiple media outlets report that the funeral for 49-year-old Anthony Hervey was held Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Oxford. Hervey was a black man who often dressed in Confederate regalia to support the state flag.

One of Hervey’s friends, H.K. Edgerton, told WTVA-TV (http://bit.ly/1eMX3hw ) he was asked to leave the church because he was holding a Confederate flag.

Hervey died July 19 when the SUV he was driving flipped into a ditch. Passenger Arlene Barnum of Stuart, Oklahoma, survived and told The Associated Press that Hervey lost control of her vehicle after they were chased by a car carrying four or five black men.

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