PALLBEARERS CARRY A CASKET AT THE GRAVESIDE SERVICE, 2001-06-27 (photo)

Pallbearers carry the caskets of the Yates children to the grave after graveside services in Houston, June 27, 2001. Yates' five children whose mother is accused of drowning them were buried on Wednesday in small white caskets adorned with angels after a funeral service led by their weeping father. Yates broke down repeatedly as he spoke of his dead sons and daughter and placed their favorite blankets in their open caskets at the packed Houston church. Their mother, Andrea Yates, locked away in the Harris County Jail on a charge of capital murder, did not attend the service, but several times was mentioned, without rancor, by her husband as he recounted stories about the children. Police say the 36-year-old woman, who was suffering from postpartum depression, called them to her home on June 20 and told them she had drowned the children in the bathtub. RJC/HK