Attended a funeral today.

Danny Ryder said:
I know you would be detail oriented Tony. I actually had to ask to get my I.D. tag and that was all. Most of the guys had not been pallbearer before and could have been helped with some direction.
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I have been a pallbearer many times in the past, and I have never been given an I.D. tag. That must be a Southern think?
 
Paul Steinberg said:
I have been a pallbearer many times in the past, and I have never been given an I.D. tag. That must be a Southern think?
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Don't know Paul? Everywhere I have been to a funeral they have been marked somehow so may be more southern? We used corsage's to identify the pallbearers, some places I have seen these with fake ones but for my great aunt's funeral they had a round plastic thing about size of bottom of small cup with funeral home name on it and ribbon hanging off it with pallbearer wrote on it. Kinda cheezey I thought. The preachers had stick on red rose things. We used to do pallbearer in white and preacher in red. ALso they said nothing about how to follow hearse and lined up no one. Hearse left and everyone sat there so I pulled up near street and motioned for immediate family to go ahead then I followed. Maybe I need to go back and get my check for helping sooo much with the funeral?:071:
 
Sorry about your aunt--hopefully good memories galore.
Patti and I owned and operated our funeral home for over 30 years in our small town of 2500--with opposition that sounds similar to yours. It is amazing how these folks continue to keep up the number of calls? Some of it is long-time family loyalities and they overlook the little things that we feel are so-o important. We were very blessed over the years to be able to break some of these ties and continued to offer our best...
A big hand to you for your kindness to Family & Pallbearers in a time of sadness & confusion.
 
We pin a carnation on the pallbearer's lapel to identify them as such and try to seat them together as a group. At the cemetery we line them up near the casket and upon completion of the service, have them remove their carnation and file past the casket laying it on top. We used to provide them with a pair of white gloves but traditions die quicker than people.
 
Richard Vyse said:
We pin a carnation on the pallbearer's lapel to identify them as such and try to seat them together as a group. At the cemetery we line them up near the casket and upon completion of the service, have them remove their carnation and file past the casket laying it on top. We used to provide them with a pair of white gloves but traditions die quicker than people.
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Yeah, white carnation for pallbearers and red for preachers but we didn't place them on casket but nice touch. When we got to the cemetery and lined up behind hearse about all the undertaker did was mention where grave was and turned us loose. We always made sure to turn casket right way, explain how to set up on lowering device, what to do next, what to do after, etc.
 
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