Mississippi obituary goes viral

[Inky_Wretch]

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

 

[spikechiquet]

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

 

[hondo]

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

 

[heyabbott]

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

it was his daughter, the lawyer

 

[Starman]

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

: : :

 

[Versatile]

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

 

[trifectarich]

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

 

[The Big Ragu]

https://www.fayobserver.com/obituaries/m0028451

Didn't want to start another Obit thread. ... I give you Renay Mandel Corren, written by her son.

 

[justgladtobehere]

https://www.fayobserver.com/obituaries/m0028451

Didn't want to start another Obit thread. ... I give you Renay Mandel Corren, written by her son.

d_b

RIP Renay

 

[The Big Ragu]

Ooooooooooooooooooops.

Sorry bout that.

And I did everything I hate when other people do them. Bringing an ancient thread to the front page. A DB. General obliviousness.

Shoot.

 

[spikechiquet]

Ooooooooooooooooooops.

Sorry bout that.

And I did everything I hate when other people do them. Bringing an ancient thread to the front page. A DB. General obliviousness.

Shoot.

20 lashes with a wet noodle for you!!

 

[The Big Ragu]

What's my punishment, though?

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

What's my punishment, though?

20 years of Trickle Down!

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

I had the honor of working with a great obituary writer named Eldon Knoche. He was a great all-around reporter, actually, so when he took over the obituary beat the obits became a featured part of the paper. When he heard a prominent person's health was failing he often would interview them with the understanding that it might be their last public statement.

Part of his greatness was his sensitivity and gentlemanly demeanor. After a troubled ex-student shot a local school principal, he tracked down the assailant's estranged father, who was working in another state as a librarian and had become transgender. This was in the early '90s, when such an identity was scandalous in some circles. Eldon reached her by phone and had a lengthy interview, which I overheard. It was the work of a master. I have never known anyone who had greater skill at getting people to open up.

Googling his name turned up several obits that remain saved in third-party archives, 20 years after his last byline. Here's one of them: Jerome F. Golner (1926-1999) - Find A Grave...