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From: "Virginia A." <>
Subject: Re: [KYBREATH-L] Preachin on the Ground
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 14:43:40 -0700
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I'm not sure, but isn't the "wake", the "party" that takes place after the
funeral and the "burying"? Or is that what it has evolved into? Frankly,
it makes more sense that it would be the 'staying awake'.

I also remember the coffin being in the parlor and members of the family
sitting with low lighting on during the night. My grandfather died in 1949
in Ky. I was very young. Then it seemed as though the funeral went on all
day long. I know there were at least two services in two different
churches. Then they put the coffin in the ground and covered it. As I
remember, we all went back to my grandmothers and there was a huge gathering
and tons of food.

Now days, I guess they cannot cover the coffin until all of the family had
left the cemetery.

Also, after hearing my mother's story, I wonder if the "sitting with the
dead" wasn't a safety issue. My mother was only about two or three when her
father was killed in an accident. The body was placed in the parlor and
the room was lit with candles as there was no electricity. Somehow, the
house caught on fire and burned to the ground...............coffin and all.
(Unintentional cremation?)

Virginia in Seattle
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From: "Shelly Platz" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [KYBREATH-L] Preachin on the Ground


> Yes, Linda. I have been to several.
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> Hi, wasn't that also called a "Wake"? I've never been to one but I hear
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> was the "thing to do" when someone passed on.
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