Miss. man wakes up in body bag at funeral home

WFLA ^ | 02-28-2014 | AP

[PaulCruz2016]

LEXINGTON, Miss. - Workers at a Mississippi funeral home say they found a man alive and kicking when they opened a body bag.

Holmes County Coroner Dexter Howard calls it a miracle that 78-year-old Walter Williams is alive.

The coroner was called to Williams' home in Lexington, a community north of Jackson, where family members believed he had died.

Howard says Williams had no pulse and was pronounced dead Wednesday at 9 p.m.

Early Thursday, workers at Porter and Sons Funeral Home were preparing to embalm Williams when he started to kick in the body bag.

[JRandomFreeper]

Who has the almost dead ping list?

/johnny

[upsdriver]

I hate when that happens.

[proxy_user]

“But it was just a funeral parlor,
And he asked me who I was...

[Cementjungle]

Holmes County Coroner Dexter Howard calls it a miracle that 78-year-old Walter Williams is alive.

No, it's a miracle that you have the coroner's job when you can't even tell if a man is dead or alive.

[trisham]

This is why the traditional “wake” was once held. My grandfather’s body was placed on the kitchen table and a multi-day party commenced.

[lonevoice]

Holy catz, can you even imagine?

I don’t know that I’d agree with the coroner that it’s a miracle. But I suppose that works better for him than saying that his own gross negligence nearly killed someone.

[moose07]

“almost dead ping list”
Ping.

[TigersEye]

That can’t be a good way to start out the day.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Well, it was in the bag!

[DemforBush]

Waking up in a body bag.

Now *there’s* some good, old-fashioned nightmare fuel.

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[null and void]

Who has the almost dead ping list?

Darksheare?

[albie]

Old Man: (feebly) I’m not dead!
Cart-master: (suprised) What?
Man: Nothing! Here’s your ninepence....
Old Man: I’m not dead!
Cart-master: ‘Ere! ‘E says ‘e’s not dead!
Man: Yes he is.
Old Man: I’m not!
Cart-master: ‘E isn’t?
Man: Well... he will be soon— he’s very ill...
Old Man: I’m getting better!
Man: No you’re not, you’ll be stone dead in a moment.

[bigheadfred]

Who has the almost dead ping list?

billy crystal

[Revolting cat!]

That’s what they mean when they talk about waking up dead!

[Revolting cat!]

I bet the dude was a Grateful Dead!

[rockinqsranch]

His bell, figuratively speaking was ringing.

In olden days some were buried with a string through the coffin, through a tube to a bell above ground to alert passers by the deceased was not. It has been known to happen throughout history.

[Hardastarboard]

I almost had a mini stroke, until I heard it wasn’t OUR Walter Williams.