July 14, 2005


Sacked!
Posted by Bryan

James Henry Smith eschewed the normal stick-me-in-a-wooden-box funeral viewing, and was instead dressed in fine black and gold jammies and reclined in Lay-Z-Boy, as though he had fallen asleep watching his favorite football team, The Pittsburgh Steelers. The faux setting even offered a partially-covering Steelers throw blanket, a nearby pack of cigarettes and can of beer, presumably also chilled.

    And I QuoteThe scene was reminiscent of Steelers game days in the Smith household, according to his family.

    "He wanted to be at home in a surrounding with the things he liked to do," said Smith's widow, Denise. "I tried to do everything in the world to make it peaceful for him."

    Family members and friends welcomed the arrangement.

    "Everyone who knew him and loved him can always remember he was just at peace, sitting up there watching television, and he just went to sleep," Denise Smith said.

Except that this time, he was dead.

(ht Soma)

July 14, 2005 11:41 AM
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