Final arrangements

Dad had temporarily come up with the arrangements for Mom’s funeral.  Everything was all written out.  She wanted her Bible opened on her coffin to the 23^rd Psalm and wanted the song, “What a Day That Will Be,” sung during the funeral.  She had listed who she wanted as her pallbearers and wanted five long stem roses laid on her coffin which stood for the four girls and Dad.  She did not want the funeral to be held at her church because she did not want us to think about her funeral as we went to church.  Mom also did not want people to send flowers.  She wanted the money to be given to the youth of the United Methodist Church who could not afford to go to summer camp.

U  Is there an organization that friends and family could give money towards in lieu of flowers?  U

Dad decided to have the viewing from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home on Wednesday, March 17^th, 2004, which was St. Patrick’s Day.  The funeral service would be Thursday, March 18^th, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of the funeral home.  The interment would be at 2:00 p.m. at Beard’s Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.

U  Are the loved one’s final wishes written down in a will such as:  the funeral arrangements, funeral service, songs, pallbearers, flowers, and other wishes? (I know of a lady that was diagnosed with cancer, and she did not write down her wishes.  She still had hope and did not want to talk about it.  She passed away with her husband not knowing what her wishes were for her funeral.)  U

U  If the loved one is the head of the household, have they laid out everything concerning important information to make it less stressful for others?

  (i.e. insurances, benefits, bills, debts, accounts, social security information, investments, combinations to safes and deposit boxes, or other financial and real estate investments.)    U