[real saxophonist]

New Orleans has a tradition of funerals being more like celebrations, so I say let 'em do it if that's what the decedent wanted.

I worked in Funeral Service for three years. In south Georgia we wouldn't do that.

[ErnBatavia]

Off topic, but I was so pissed with "Forest Lawn" in the prep for my mom's funeral.....when she drew her last in a hospital bed, her head of course flopped down and to the side.

I guess the morts took their sweet time to get around to her remains, because the same 'flop' was evident in the casket.

That, and the fact that they stole one of the Death Certificates that I'd paid for (so they could get paid from the prepaid burial insurance), got me very, very nasty with many, many of their people.