The Mississippi man found conscious and moving in a body bag last month has passed on The Associated Press reported Thursday on the ABC News website.
Staff at Porter and Sons Funeral Home in Lexington, Miss. found Walter Williams who startled several visitors with his sudden motion in what is believed to be from a malfunctioning pacemaker WAPT reported at the time.
"God gave us a little more time with him, and we're happy about that," Mary Williams, Walter's daughter told the AP following his return home.
A coroner reportedly took Williams pulse at 9 p,m. Feb. 26 and initially announced his death in his Lexington residence WAPT reported.
Williams was then taken to the funeral home where employees were preparing to preserve William's body until he began shifting in the bag. Williams was then immediately taken to the hospital after he became alert.
"I stood there and watched them put him in a body bag and zipped it up," Eddie Hester, a nephew of Williams told WAPT.
Congestive heart failure put Walter into hospice towards the end of February, and led to a coroner declaring the first time.
"After they got through checking him, the coroner, they pronounced him dead and put him in a plastic bag, zipped him up and took him, put him in the hearse and they left," Hester told the AP. "The mortician said something wasn't right. His leg started moving."
Walter had a pacemaker which might have malfunctioned before reviving itself, and bringing him back to life at the time.
Walter leaves behind 11 children, 15 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren the AP reported. He was also a veteran farmer and served on the local school board WAPT reported.
Congestive heart failure put Walter into hospice towards the end of February, and led to a coroner declaring the first time.
