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christiangirl · #16 07-10-2005, 12:44 AM

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Originally posted by ladygreek
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.

My thoughts exactly

I guess if that's what it takes to make them more comfortable with the passing, that's them, but that would freak me out. It hurts to remember my grandmommy in her casket, but if I remember her sitting up in her green armchair, feet in a massager, and body hard as a rock, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

Wonderful1908 · #17 07-10-2005, 01:27 AM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
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.

On stage!!!! It cost extra to have feet crossed?

Girl you are really telling me something I didn't know. Dang!

chrini · #18 07-10-2005, 02:20 AM

At least this man had his eyes closed. Unlike the other dude who was sitting up in his car with his eyes wide open.

RedAngel · #19 07-10-2005, 08:46 AM

I remember that one and that was a little eery.

ladygreek · #20 07-10-2005, 07:56 PM

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Originally posted by Wonderful1908
On stage!!!! It cost extra to have feet crossed?
Girl you are really telling me something I didn't know. Dang!

Funeral homes charge you for EVERYTHING and especially more for anything that is out of the ordinary. I won't even go into what it would take to cross a dead person's legs.

fun4real · #21 07-10-2005, 08:35 PM

Ya know, I don't want my family to spend all that money on me when I'm no longer alive. And, if I did not have your respect when I was alive, I dang on don't want it when I'm gone. So no need for a bunch of folks to come and sit with my family. Cause they gon trip if you show up and they know I couldn't stand your behind.

I am single with no kids. Skip the funeral, cremate me. Just don't take me anywhere near North Georgia.

ladygreek · #22 07-10-2005, 08:46 PM

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Originally posted by fun4real
Ya know, I don't want my family to spend all that money on me when I'm no longer alive. And, if I did not have your respect when I was alive, I dang on don't want it when I'm gone. So no need for a bunch of folks to come and sit with my family. Cause they gon trip if you show up and they know I couldn't stand your behind.

I am single with no kids. Skip the funeral, cremate me. Just don't take me anywhere near North Georgia.

Cremations are just as expensive.

Dvyne Evolushun · #23 07-10-2005, 09:28 PM

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Originally posted by ladygreek
Cremations are just as expensive.

It depends. I had a family member that was cremated & the funeral home kept trying to pile in a bunch of charges - which were adamantly declined. They tried to add in embalming - hello - if the person is being cremated - why embalm? They said that it was a State Law, but if there was no viewing, I don't get it.

The Cremation was under $1,000.

I'm kinda like fun4real. I don't want a long drawn out process - just remember the good things about me. AND - I will have to include a clause somewhere that states no pics please. I know everyone has their preference, but I absolutely abhor funeral pictures.

fun4real · #24 07-10-2005, 10:23 PM

We cremated my dad four years ago and total costs for everything was about $1200.

I lost a friend in 93 and his casket was almost that much. And that wasn't one of the expensive ones. I was amazed at how much the funeral cost. Of course you don't pay up front. But the funeral home would not proceed without seeing the insurance policy first. It was all a trip.

The stuff you have to deal with during your grieving period. It can just all be so much.

SummerChild · #25 07-10-2005, 10:49 PM

This does not seem that different from the olden days when the old folk would have the deceased in the *parlor* for several days while the visitors mourned and sat with them.
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Originally posted by oOogirlygirloOo
I did a search and I didn't see this topic anywhere.

See yall, I'm learning.

>>>doing the cabbage patch and then the running man<<<

(((((((((((( stops and notices that the audience isn't laughing. The sound of crickets chirping in the background ))))))))))))

Ahem. sorry

Back to the topic at hand.

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.

ladygreek · #26 07-10-2005, 11:39 PM

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Originally posted by fun4real
We cremated my dad four years ago and total costs for everything was about $1200.

I lost a friend in 93 and his casket was almost that much. And that wasn't one of the expensive ones. I was amazed at how much the funeral cost. Of course you don't pay up front. But the funeral home would not proceed without seeing the insurance policy first. It was all a trip.

The stuff you have to deal with during your grieving period. It can just all be so much.

Okay that is a lot less, because you can't get a decent funeral today for less than $5,000.

ladygreek · #27 07-10-2005, 11:42 PM

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Originally posted by SummerChild
This does not seem that different from the olden days when the old folk would have the deceased in the *parlor* for several days while the visitors mourned and sat with them.
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Those were Wakes where the idea was to give the person time to "wake up." That is because there were misdiagnoses of death and people feared burying someone alive.

jojapeach · #28 07-11-2005, 12:33 AM

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Originally posted by ladygreek
Those were Wakes where the idea was to give the person time to "wake up." That is because there were misdiagnoses of death and people feared burying someone alive.

Ladygreek, do you know erythang? You really taught me something new about wakes. Thank you.

But I got a headache when I saw a black man in those pictures. It was as if my brain refused to process that information. FinerWoman, I hear what you were saying because I know I don't want a bunch of sad songs at my services ("Don't Cry For Me"will not be allowed), but the recliner with the remote was too much for me.

My granddad's wake was nice because it was just the way he would have wanted it: full of people that loved him having a good time talking. You would have thought there was a family reunion going on.

christiangirl · #29 07-11-2005, 03:07 AM

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Originally posted by ladygreek
That is because there were misdiagnoses of death and people feared burying someone alive.

And this is EXACTLY why my greatest fear is being buried alive. I know it doesn't really happen anymore, but it could and I'm not. Shoot, leave me in the living room for like a week, cause you'd better be sure I'm good and dead. I'm not having it. Creeps me out just thinking about it.

StarFish106 · #30 07-11-2005, 08:16 AM

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Originally posted by christiangirl
And this is EXACTLY why my greatest fear is being buried alive. I know it doesn't really happen anymore, but it could and I'm not. Shoot, leave me in the living room for like a week, cause you'd better be sure I'm good and dead. I'm not having it. Creeps me out just thinking about it.

*shaking Christiangirl WAKE UP!!! oh ok you still here? Good

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Just checking..can't have you going anywhere just yet