Funeral director awaits his “big payback”
(postchronicle.com) Late funk legend James Brown’s estate owes $70,000 in funeral costs.The C.A. Reid Funeral Home in Augusta, Georgia arranged the singer’s funeral and cared for his body from his 25 December (06) death up until its March (07) burial at Brown’s daughter, Deanna Brown Thomas, home in Beech Island.
Charles Reid, manager of the funeral home, says, “I’m just waiting on them to get some of this mess straightened out. I really haven’t pushed the issue, even though I’d like to have my money.”
Buddy Dallas, Brown’s adviser and trustee of his estate, responds, “It was the children that ran up a funeral bill of over $150,000, not the trustees. (more…)
Just a hot mess.
Two of the most rememberable moments at two funerals I attended years ago:
-A piano player who could not play—literally! It would have been better to have a cat run up and down the piano while chasing a mouse.
-Someone walking around with a briefcase handcuffed to their wrist. To this day we never understood the reason behind that.
What are your rememberable funeral moments?
