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Sitting Up With The Dead
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05/12/15 04:33 PM
05/12/15 04:33 PM
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Posts: 7,253 just south of the Tennesse riv...
roadkill
OP
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Anyone else remember this? When I was a kid and visiting down in S Al it was a common practice. This was when the deceased was laid out in the parlor and all the neighbors and kin would come to pay respects. There were always two men who would stay in the parlor with the deceased all night. The corpse could not be left unattended. The rest of the men stood on the porch and out in the yard smoking and talking.
Last edited by roadkill; 05/12/15 04:34 PM.
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Re: Sitting Up With The Dead
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05/12/15 04:38 PM
05/12/15 04:38 PM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 2,485 North Bama
Aught Six
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I've heard my in-laws tell of it.
I never understood it. Did they expect the corpse to run off somewhere?
"Hell yes I'm ready Woodrow! Don't I look ready?"
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Re: Sitting Up With The Dead
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05/12/15 04:40 PM
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Bigbamaboy
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I feel another story brewing.
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
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Re: Sitting Up With The Dead
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05/12/15 04:45 PM
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dnolen
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I remember one of my dads friends passed. They had a wake for him. One of his request before he died was one last party. Dad said they had to give him his last wish.
Last edited by dnolen; 05/12/15 04:46 PM.
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Re: Sitting Up With The Dead
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05/12/15 04:48 PM
05/12/15 04:48 PM
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Farmer64
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When I was bout 5 I remember my granddaddy being in there house after he passed. Folks come to pay there respects and taken from there to the grave site.
American by birth Southern by the grace of God.....
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Re: Sitting Up With The Dead
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05/12/15 06:10 PM
05/12/15 06:10 PM
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Seth86
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this is the first thing I thought about.
Sometimes, it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me, for both of them try to dominate my spirit."
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Re: Sitting Up With The Dead
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05/12/15 08:59 PM
05/12/15 08:59 PM
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Posts: 6,901 Shelby Co, AL
CatHeadBiscuit
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We did it in our family when i was young.
"Arguing on the internet is like playing chess with a pigeon. You may be good at chess, but the pigeon is just going to knock all the pieces down, take a crap on the table, and strut around like its victorious."--Anonymous
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Re: Sitting Up With The Dead
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05/13/15 12:17 AM
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stkshtr
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I remember it well. I grew up in Montevallo and they would keep the body in the home where they lived. Best I can remember, it was supposed to make sure they were actually dead and didn't come back to life. As far as pulling over, I've seen too many wrecks from cars pulling over and someone topping a hill or something and not seeing this and having wrecks.
CISM- Firefighter Chaplain-C.E.R.T. Instructor Refuel Ministries-HAM (KM4LBG)
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Re: Sitting Up With The Dead
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05/13/15 12:20 AM
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2Dogs
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You rarely see people pull over when a funeral procession passes by anymore. People forget the old ways and they're not taught to the next generation. Still do it in Jackson Co.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Sitting Up With The Dead
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05/13/15 03:30 AM
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Posts: 1,316 Cherokee Co. Al.
bgarrett
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My Granddaddy died in 1962 as a poor farmer in Boaz. I was 5 at the time. They had him laid out in the living room in a wooden casket for 2 days. People would just drop by with food and see granddaddy.
It's not a Passion, it's an Obsession. That's what I tell my wife, but she promptly informs it's a disease to which is incurable.
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05/13/15 03:36 AM
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Posts: 5,315 Greensboro,Al.USA
Geezer
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Yes I do. I remember when my grandfather died he was laid out in a casket and people came around to view him.
I am drinking from my saucer cause my cup has overflowed. Thank you Lord
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Re: Sitting Up With The Dead
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05/13/15 05:30 AM
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CKyleC
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I remember both my great grandmothers being sat up with. I was no older than 6 or 7. I didn't understand it.
"In Alabama, we prefer to kill small bucks on big properties"-Turkey247
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Re: Sitting Up With The Dead
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05/13/15 08:14 AM
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Posts: 3,236 Lawrence Co. AL
jdhunter2011
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Im only 38 yrs old but when my great grandmother passed and they brought her to the church for visitation but they left her all night till the funeral service the next day. I dont know why this was the case but I was a pallbearer and someone said we should set up with her. I volunteered to do it out of respect. Boy that was a long lonesome and very odd night! I would suppose not many men my age can say they actually did it.
Its not the will to win but the will to prepare to win!
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Re: Sitting Up With The Dead
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05/13/15 08:46 AM
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goodman_hunter
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my wifes family sat with her gma at their house, when I was younger. Seen something at my buddies funeral, last year, that I havent seen before. One of the family members was taking pics of the corpse. I told my mother about it a few days later, and she said folks use to do that back in the day.
For without victory, there is no survival
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