Funeral set for Alabama seaman killed in Pearl Harbor attack

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A funeral is being held for an Alabama seaman killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor nearly 80 years ago.
New outlets report the graveside service is planned for Johnnie Cornelius Laurie of Bessemer. He was a 25-year-old Navy mess attendant aboard the battleship Oklahoma when it was hit by multiple torpedoes on Dec. 7, 1941.
More than 400 crew members died, and many of their bodies were interred in cemeteries in Hawaii. Laurie’s remains were among those