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10-28-2011, 11:35 PM
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Re: Women Laid Out on a Deathbed
Times change. I grew up in what used to be the deep south in the states when there were still some "undertakers" that had no facilities besides, arrangements, transportation and embalming. The wake/viewing was usually done at the the person's house. It could be the home living room rearranged with their bed or a supplied bier with a casket. In southern form, a family member stayed with the body at all times until the funeral that was always at the church. I attended may funerals like that as a kid followed by a pot luck type reception afterwards. That contrasts with my mom's family which was eastern european up in the north east where everything was done in a funeral home except the funeral which also was done at the church. Girls that were unmarried/virgins were usually dressed and burried in a wedding gown. I've never heard of a closed casket wake or funeral unless there was severe trauma or there was nothing left to view in the states. This idea of a "funeral home" that had a chapel where services were performed instead of a church didn't happen until the late 60's b/c of the financial and personel strain on churches that didn't have daily paid employees. Most "funeral homes" up to that time only had reposing rooms for wakes or private viewings. "Funeral Chapels" and "Funeral Churches" were pretty conterversial down here until the churches started to endorse them to relieve thier financial burndens during the '70.
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03-04-2013, 09:50 AM
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Re: Women Laid Out on a Deathbed
if that's you in the avatar, then i guess you're not too far away from becoming one of these women. Dont worry, we'll tell your kins you wanted yourself to just be dumped somewhere and forgotten..
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03-04-2013, 06:35 PM
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Re: Women Laid Out on a Deathbed
Donate your body to medical science and avoid all the BS. They cremate you for free. Contact your nearest medical school and they will send you a simple form. Fill it in and send it back, inform your GP, and not only are you doing something worthwhile, you are cutting out the greedy bastard funeral directors who charge a small fortune for making it all look nice on the day.
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05-30-2013, 07:16 AM
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Re: Women Laid Out on a Deathbed
present age, african woman on her deathbed  ·  ·  ·  ·  · |
