Mom To Be Buried Next To Children Killed In Arson Attack 20 Months Ago

A mother-of-six, Michelle Pearson, 37, will be laid to rest on Sept. 27, 2019, next to her four children who died in a petrol bomb arson attack 20 months ago.

Pearson, from Walkden, Salford, England, died on Aug. 25 as she suffered burns to 75 percent of her body in the arson attack. The killer blaze that spread in the Jackson Street in December 2017 also claimed the lives of her children — Demi, 15, Brandon, 8, Lacie, 7 and Lia, 3.

A customized coffin has been prepared to bury Pearson next to her children, her mom Sandra Lever has revealed to The Sun.

She said, "The day of the funeral is a surprise for everyone, we don't want to say what the coffin is like, [I will just say] that Michelle will have an amazing send off. Hopefully the community will be there like they did with the kids,” also adding, “We will be walking behind the carriages to the church, keeping it traditional in black and white. We have got bagpipes as well - more than last time. Michelle is having a horse and carriage."

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Walkden, Greater Manchester, to pay homage to Pearson. Mourners will band together to place flowers on the horse-drawn carriage as the procession begins at 11.15 a.m. Friday (6 a.m. EDT). A joint funeral of Demi, Brandon, Lacie and Lia is slated to take place at 12 p.m. at St Paul's Church alongside Pearson’s. Only family and close friends are permitted access to the burial and the service. A parting message that Pearson penned for her children will be read out to the gathering.

After the attack, Pearson spent five months in a coma. After that, she underwent many operations on her infected wounds.