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See yall, I'm learning.

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It really is sad how people are doing these funerals these days...


Even in death, man cheers on his Steelers

Smith’s viewing has him dressed in team colors, in front of TV on recliner

Updated: 1:31 p.m. ET July 6, 2005

PITTSBURGH - James Henry Smith was a zealous Pittsburgh Steelers fan in life, and even death could not keep him from his favorite spot: in a recliner, in front of a TV showing his beloved team in action.

Smith, 55, of Pittsburgh, died of prostate cancer Thursday. Because his death wasn’t unexpected, his family was able to plan for an unusual viewing Tuesday night.

The Samuel E. Coston Funeral Home erected a small stage in a viewing room, and arranged furniture on it much as it was in Smith’s home on game day Sundays.

Smith’s body was on the recliner, his feet crossed and a remote in his hand. He wore black and gold silk pajamas, slippers and a robe. A pack of cigarettes and a beer were at his side, while a high-definition TV played a continuous loop of Steelers highlights.

“I couldn’t stop crying after looking at the Steeler blanket in his lap,” said his sister, MaryAnn Nails, 58. “He loved football and nobody did (anything) until the game went off. It was just like he was at home.”

Longtime friend Mary Jones called the viewing “a celebration.”

“I saw it and I couldn’t even cry,” she said. “People will see him the way he was.”

Smith’s burial plans were more traditional — he’ll be laid to rest in a casket.

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That's deep! Real deep! Why not just bury him in the robe with a Steelers sign in his casket?

smh..My family better not do anything like that. I'll have to come back and make their life more miserable than it already is!

Y'all KNOW that I HAD to find a picture!
 

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Oh snap, I was trying not to make any assumptions about it being a Black family and then you had to go get the picture. :(

Dayum!!

This is ridiculous.

I knew he was Black. I knew it. That money could have been used to pay a bill. :(

OH SNAP
 

YEA i saw that on the local news channel yea we love are steelers but they went a little to far on that one ha ha. I apologize y'all we are crazy here ha ha ha.

They probably saved money, I mean most of the stuff for the viewing was provided by the family. :(

Atleast he wasn't siting up in the recliner. Creepy......

I think its great...for real
 

You know death is one of those things we just take for granted. We know our time here is borrowed. But we are so afraid. I am forever haunted by last images of dear friends and family lying in their caskets...and that's just not the image of who they were to me. I am sure this image of the departed is a lot more settling ...seeing him as he was in life...and will in effect make the grieving process easier on those he left behind.

I really think its incredibly thoughtful of his family and friends to have him in his most favorite state amongst his favorite things. I know in some cultures its common practice to send out to sea momentos of one's favorite things and to bury the deceased with their favorite things as well.

Re: I think its great...for real
 

Though I feel what you are saying, I don't know about this type of send off. I don't like seeing my family members or friends in coffins either, but I don't want to see my mama reclined with her feet in a pedicure tub, even though that's what she likes to do. I think that I would be more freaked out by seeing a dead person simulated in a"life-like" situation. *shudders*

Couldn't they have just gotten him a Pittsburgh Steelers coffin liner or something? Or just placed his blanket on tp of him in the coffin? :confused:

I am sure "the stage" cost money, plus I am sure the funeral company charged for having his feet crossed and to put the remote in his hand:

The Samuel E. Coston Funeral Home erected a small stage in a viewing room, and arranged furniture on it much as it was in Smith’s home on game day Sundays.

Smith’s body was on the recliner, his feet crossed and a remote in his hand. He wore black and gold silk pajamas, slippers and a robe.

"You Know You're a Redneck when..."
 

I didn't think he was black - I thought it sounded like a Jeff Foxworthy joke - until I saw the pictures. :eek:

That was really creepy. Feet crossed? I think there's a reason we only see the top portion of a person. He looked so stiff.

But, whatever floats their boat. :(

You can not be serious!

Was this in Jet? Cuz, you know it is notorious for these kinds of pics. :D