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Do people still sit up with the dead at funeral homes?
Posted on 5/5/15 at 10:40 pm
Posted on 5/5/15 at 10:40 pm
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Posted on 5/5/15 at 10:45 pm to prplhze2000
vampires and shite.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 10:47 pm to prplhze2000
having the body out is pretty primitive and weird imo. cremate my arse and throw me in the garbage. funerals are for the living, not the dead.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 10:51 pm to prplhze2000
I've never heard or it. Is this something those cousin frickers in Alabama do?
Posted on 5/5/15 at 10:56 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
I think it's a country thing, Passport.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 10:58 pm to prplhze2000
My family used to do that...they did it for my grandparents but not for this generation
Posted on 5/5/15 at 10:58 pm to prplhze2000
luv some Jerry Clower
Posted on 5/5/15 at 10:59 pm to prplhze2000
Yep still happens regularly in mamou if the family request it. Its mostly an older generation thing.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 11:00 pm to MamouTiger65
Sorry tjohn, hit the wrong button with this blackberry
Posted on 5/5/15 at 11:03 pm to Carson123987
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having the body out is pretty primitive and weird imo. cremate my arse and throw me in the garbage. funerals are for the living, not the dead.
It's damn weird for sure. A dead body, a bunch of people watching a family grieve... And those that typically say "Oh, he looks so peaceful now." No shite lady... he's dead.
Hate funerals.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 11:06 pm to vl100butch
Posted on 5/5/15 at 11:08 pm to BoostAddict
It's a relic of a different age....
My mother and her siblings all have burial policies...she and her siblings (and in-laws) have all elected to be cremated...even though we have a family grave in algiers
My mother and her siblings all have burial policies...she and her siblings (and in-laws) have all elected to be cremated...even though we have a family grave in algiers
Posted on 5/5/15 at 11:14 pm to vl100butch
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vl100butch
LONG time, kind Sir. Hope you are doing well.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 11:16 pm to prplhze2000
Well I'm from the country (canefields of da berry) and I've never heard of it. I have seen family members take pictures of the deceased in their casket which just seemed weird to me.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 11:22 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
The Methodist do. Me and a couple friends stayed all with a good friend because the church wouldn't due to his sinful ways.
It really helped to be honest to grieve over his passing.
It really helped to be honest to grieve over his passing.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 11:24 pm to vl100butch
Cremation is my choice. Why give a substantial amount or most of the proceeds from life insurance or personal funds to go the "established undertakers"? I figure, whatever I leave behind would go to better serve my kindred or loved ones than some established corporate entity. BUT, to each his own AND their religion... Just my opinion.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 11:26 pm to Cailloue Pitre
Cailloue,
I agree with you...
On a personal note...my grandmother was a Pitre from Algiers...
I agree with you...
On a personal note...my grandmother was a Pitre from Algiers...
Posted on 5/5/15 at 11:29 pm to vl100butch
I'm glad youre still with the living
Posted on 5/5/15 at 11:31 pm to prplhze2000
This is a common a jewish custom called Shemira. The Talmud maintains that the soul of a deceased person will hover the body, lost and confused, until it departs. The sitters soothe the soul of the deceased by reading Psalms. Back in the day, body theft was a real concern, so Shemira also served the basic function of guarding the body.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 11:33 pm to prplhze2000
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