Mississippi obituary goes viral

So many highlights. My favorite ...

He despised phonies, his 1969 Volvo (which he also loved), know-it-all Yankees, Southerners who used the words "veranda" and "porte cochere" to put on airs, eating grape leaves, Law and Order (all franchises), cats, and Martha Stewart. In reverse order. He particularly hated Day Light Saving Time, which he referred to as The Devil's Time. It is not lost on his family that he died the very day that he would have had to spring his clock forward. This can only be viewed as his final protest.

Read more here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sunherald/obituary.aspx?n=harry-stamps&pid=163538353&fhid=4025##storylink=cpy

http://www.sunherald.com/2013/03/11/4521717/best-obit-ever-tribute-written.html

 

That is brilliant! That's how I want to be remembered...for my life, not cliche BS.

 

Whoever wrote the obit missed their calling -- unless the old dude wrote it himself.

 

it was his daughter, the lawyer

 

"Day Light" is one word. "Daylight."

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This is proof that a good eye for detail can make a typical person seem exceptional.

 

Everyone ought to have the opportunity to write obits; there you can do some true story-telling.

 

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RIP Renay

 

20 lashes with a wet noodle for you!!