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The Beauty of a Southern Funeral Procession...
Posted on 11/9/24 at 2:59 am
Posted on 11/9/24 at 2:59 am
Now I know the folks in South Louisiana might do things a little different, but the intent is the same.
I truly do think the way people treat a funeral procession is one of the best parts of our culture. Doesn't matter who is in the back, if that hearse is rolling, you pull over, take off your hat, depending on who is in the box or how big the town, you might step out and bow your head on the side of the road. Known or small, everyone gets the same respect and Lord help anyone that doesn't show it. Stop signs and lights don't matter. We as a people do our best to make sure that the last ride is going to be a smooth one.
I like that. Makes me proud.
I like that as the world changes at an exponential rate, death and how we honor the dead remains the same.
Just a 3am thought from an insomniac.
I truly do think the way people treat a funeral procession is one of the best parts of our culture. Doesn't matter who is in the back, if that hearse is rolling, you pull over, take off your hat, depending on who is in the box or how big the town, you might step out and bow your head on the side of the road. Known or small, everyone gets the same respect and Lord help anyone that doesn't show it. Stop signs and lights don't matter. We as a people do our best to make sure that the last ride is going to be a smooth one.
I like that. Makes me proud.
I like that as the world changes at an exponential rate, death and how we honor the dead remains the same.
Just a 3am thought from an insomniac.
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Posted on 11/9/24 at 3:01 am to PurpleandGold Motown
I’m with you.
Can they stay off the interstate.
Can they stay off the interstate.
Posted on 11/9/24 at 3:04 am to PurpleandGold Motown
We found our OT Hearse driver 
Posted on 11/9/24 at 3:10 am to FLBooGoTigs1
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We found our OT Hearse driver
How much it pay? I'd love to just skip all the red lights. Good benefits?
Posted on 11/9/24 at 5:58 am to PurpleandGold Motown
You get that same ride here in SE Ohio.
Posted on 11/9/24 at 6:02 am to PurpleandGold Motown
One my favorite movie scenes:
Posted on 11/9/24 at 7:27 am to Tarps99
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One my favorite movie scenes:
Jackie Gleason, brilliant comic and ultimate DGAF celebrity, bonafide pool shooting shark, whiskey drinking cigarette smoking hard arse.
One of my all time favorites.
Posted on 11/9/24 at 7:34 am to PurpleandGold Motown
I like the tradition of pulling over. When my 99yo grandmother died and had a traditional funeral it was very touching to see people, black and white, take the time out of their day to pay some respect to someone they didn't know anything about.
Posted on 11/9/24 at 8:55 am to Turnblad85
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like the tradition of pulling over. When my 99yo grandmother died and had a traditional funeral it was very touching to see people, black and white, take the time out of their day to pay some respect to someone they didn't know anything about.
Same here. It changed my opinion on the whole thing. It means something to the people mourning.
Posted on 11/9/24 at 9:13 am to PurpleandGold Motown
As long as I'm around my family will pull over and wait out of respect.
I had some Yankee family with us when we pulled over for one and it blew their minds.
I had some Yankee family with us when we pulled over for one and it blew their minds.
Posted on 11/9/24 at 9:20 am to PurpleandGold Motown
After my Dad's services at the church, and while he was being brought to the hearse, the school across the street was having recess. The teachers made the kids stop their activities and face us in silence. We were very touched by their act of respect and it went a long way to make a sad day better.
Posted on 11/9/24 at 9:28 am to PurpleandGold Motown
I push my way into the procession so I can blow through those red lights.
Ah, I’m kidding.
True story:
When one of my uncles passed away, the funeral procession went from Denham Springs to Port Hudson National Cemetery (he was a Marine Corps Vietnam veteran). I was in the third car behind the hearse, when I saw it suddenly break off and pull into a gas station! Son of a bitch was about to run out of gas! The police stopped the procession, so I sat there and watched an embarrassed hearse driver pump gas, while others at the station just stared at the hearse with a flag-draped coffin in the back wondering if it was a joke or not. Family was pissed off big time.
Ah, I’m kidding.
True story:
When one of my uncles passed away, the funeral procession went from Denham Springs to Port Hudson National Cemetery (he was a Marine Corps Vietnam veteran). I was in the third car behind the hearse, when I saw it suddenly break off and pull into a gas station! Son of a bitch was about to run out of gas! The police stopped the procession, so I sat there and watched an embarrassed hearse driver pump gas, while others at the station just stared at the hearse with a flag-draped coffin in the back wondering if it was a joke or not. Family was pissed off big time.
This post was edited on 11/9/24 at 9:41 am
Posted on 11/9/24 at 9:57 am to TheFonz
I guess I’d have been mad too but I’d have been even more mad if the hearse would have run out of gas before getting to the cemetery.
Posted on 11/9/24 at 10:45 am to PurpleandGold Motown
I’ve seen everyone pull over and stop and turn on their lights as a procession goes by. Very moving.
Posted on 11/9/24 at 11:00 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Wait, people don't do this outside of the South?
Posted on 11/9/24 at 11:13 am to Galactic Inquisitor
A black police officer in my hometown was killed by a burglar years ago. Funeral had to be held in an overflowing gym, standing room only.
Funeral procession was about 3 miles long. Thousands of people standing along both sides of the road, 90% white, paying tribute. Not one space in between those standing, either.
So much for racism in small town South. Not like media portrays.
Funeral procession was about 3 miles long. Thousands of people standing along both sides of the road, 90% white, paying tribute. Not one space in between those standing, either.
So much for racism in small town South. Not like media portrays.
Posted on 11/9/24 at 11:28 am to Turnblad85
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take the time out of their day to pay some respect to someone they didn't know anything about
This. I always pulled over cause it's just something we did in south Louisiana (or the south too. I don't know. I've never lived anywhere else). But when my mother passed away, it meant so much to me to have people pull over for the same reasons you mentioned.
I will continue to pull over for the rest of my life.
Posted on 11/9/24 at 11:38 am to PurpleandGold Motown
I actually have it in my will to not have a traffic disrupting funeral possession when I die. I would hate for people to be late to work, an appointment, their kids recital just because I died.
Posted on 11/9/24 at 11:48 am to PurpleandGold Motown
When my BIL passed they dug the wrong grave at the cemetery. Plywood boards and plenty of wet dirt to walk through when we got there.I drove my sister, so we drove slow so they could fix it before we got there. My sister was pretty chill about it but my niece wasn’t.
Posted on 11/9/24 at 1:28 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Why is it that for our entire lives, we rush each day, hurry here and there, trying not to be late to a scheduled timed event or appointment and sometimes you get pulled over by the police while speeding to accomplish your goals…………..
But after you die, you have no more schedules, no need to rush and then you get a police escort to a final resting place.
But after you die, you have no more schedules, no need to rush and then you get a police escort to a final resting place.
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