Boy praised for 'inspirational' act of kindness at Flintshire cemetery

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Corey's mum, Kym, said he chose the brightest flowers he could find. Credit: Media Wales.

A nine-year-old boy has been praised for an "inspirational" act of kindness at a cemetery.

Corey Hall, from Mold, has received hundreds of messages of praise on social media after a post about his kind gesture went viral.Mum, Kym Watson, said she and her son Corey were walking though Mold Cemetery when the boy noticed a grave without flowers.

Kym said: "We were walking to my friends house and my son was interested in reading the graves and this grave really stood out to him as it was a one year old boy who passed away.

Corey's mum Kym said the two have been touched by the support from the local community. Credit: Daily Post Wales

"Every time we walked past many of the grave stones had flowers but this one didn't."

Kym said Corey was sad to see the grave was untidy and asked to buy fresh flowers to decorate the grave, despite not knowing who it belonged to.She continued: "So he wanted to buy flowers we went to Tesco and he chose the brightest flowers there was. We got to the grave yard and we notice that it was covered it branches pine cones and bits of rubbish so he tidied it up as much as he could."Kym said Corey carefully placed the flowers in the pots but while doing so, he noticed other graves that hadn't been attended to and said he wanted to clean those too.

She said: "Once he cleaned up the gravestone these were his words - 'that's really made me feel good about myself and I want to help others.'"So once a fortnight we are going to the grave yard and cleaning up a grave stone at a time. He has also said if there is anybody who can't attend their loved ones' graves he is happy to help clean it up and even buy flowers."

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Kym posted on local Facebook group, Mold Town Centre, to share her son's good deed. The post has been liked more than 1,000 times in just 24 hours and has more than 300 comments praising Corey's kindness.

One person commented: "How wonderful, your little boy is a credit to you."

While another said: "How very lovely of him. You must be very proud. Mold needs to acknowledge this young boy and his kind and generous heart x".

Mum, Kym, said: "He has made me the proudest mum in the world it's so thoughtful of him. That fact that we haven't even lived in Mold for a year and he wants to help people really means the world."Kym said she and Corey have also been touched by the support from the local community, adding: "We never thought it would blow up as much as it has he just wanted to offer help . All the kind words from local people really put a tear in our eyes."