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Country funeral by Tyler on 20 Dec, 2007 00:32
As a young minister, I was asked by a funeral director to hold a

grave-side service for a homeless man, with no family or friends.

The funeral was to be held at a cemetery way back in the country, and

this man would be the first to be laid to rest there. As I was not

familiar with the backwoods area, I became lost; and being a typical

man did not stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late. I saw

the backhoe and the crew, who was eating lunch, but the hearse was

nowhere in sight.

I apologized to the workers for my tardiness, and stepped to the

side of the open grave, where I saw the vault lid already in place. I

assured the workers I would not hold them up for long, but this was
the

proper thing to do. The workers gathered around, still eating their

lunch.

I poured out my heart and soul.

As I preached the workers began to say "Amen," "Praise the Lord,"

and "Glory"! I preached, and I preached, like I'd never preached

before from Genesis all the way to Revelations.

I closed the lengthy service with a prayer and walked to my car.

As I was opening the door and taking off my coat, I overheard one of

the workers saying to another, "I ain't ever seen anything like that

before and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."
#1 by JDog on 20 Dec, 2007 01:41
LOL good one mate
#2 by PBurke on 20 Dec, 2007 05:09
good one. did padre send that to you? sorry padre i couldn't help myself. ha ha ha
#3 by Timmay on 20 Dec, 2007 07:16
OK being in the funeral business...I have never heard that one before....so I gotta take that one to the head funeral director! LOL