HarryT’s

LLEN & COTT McBRAYER

JONES-WYNN FUNERAL HOME

A funeral isn’t a day in one life, but a lifetime in one day.

So many of the funerals we have attended have followed the same order of style or traditional structure. You could also call them “cookie cutter” services. However, you might not realize how many types of services are possible and often desired. We almost think there is some rule that says a funeral must be done in a certain way.

A funeral should fit the person and the family. A funeral can be simple, and more importantly, there are no boundaries or limits to making a service as personal and details as you desire. There is no way to say too much about the person whom we have gathered to remember and honor.

We would like to encourage others to have confidence in making a choice and having a voice to talk about something people are often fearful to talk about. We would like to encourage you to think of this in a slightly different way. Have the talk of a lifetime with your loved ones and remember to make a memory and loving journal about your loved ones to keep with your family tree.

The traditional ceremony can be a healing experience, and many families will find this is what will fit them best. If the loved one appreciated the rituals and ceremonies of a particular faith, then certainly the funeral should reflect that.

Contemporary ceremonies are a growing trend toward more personalization, featuring, music that is meaningful, unique, personal, or a favorite of the deceased. Some families also choose to make the service message so unique that they allow family members, close friends to speak, and sometimes only have a minister to pray, or not even have a minister at all during the service.

We would like to also express that grief is a very emotional and a difficult journey. The different options, details, and decisions are difficult on any day and almost impossible during an unexpected death of a loved one. A funeral should be unique to the person being honored,

GUN DEBATE from page 8 debate, data makes little difference in the beliefs held by persons on either side of this debate. Data gathered both by the CDC and by innumerable other non-biased organizations is available, but generally does not persuade people to change their attitudes. Over time, cultural beliefs and value orientations find their way into our government institutions, including the Supreme Court, making it also a political institution. and that can be accomplished in many different ways without the family having to burden themselves with time-consuming thinking or activity when they are already overwhelmed. Please reach out to your trusted funeral director and continue that so that you can continue to gain more understanding about options available. Please check our facebook page for dates and times and attend one of our free “lunch (or dinner) and learns”. We provide these free meals and offer you a moment to ask the questions you may have in a comfortable setting to help increase awareness of the very many options.

At this point, America has more than enough guns in private hands to arm every single American. Moreover, in spite of fluctuations over time, the gun rights side has had the advantage and the country has moved inexorably toward the landscape of today.

These comments provide only a small sampling of the information and analysis covered by Drs. Fleming and McLean. The complete presentation can be heard on YouTube at the LWVCCC Facebook site, or https://you tu.be/RU60RSywpJ8. Watch for their upcoming book, “Guns and Values: Individualism in the American Gun Debate”, to be published by Palgrave MacMillan.