Ark. funeral wake turns into brawl over beer ("there's yer sign....")

Houston Chronicle ^ | April 3, 2009

[llevrok]

MAGNOLIA, Ark. — Sheriff's deputies say a Texas woman started a brawl at a wake in Arkansas when she arrived with a beer can in her hand.

[deport]

Yep sisters fighting at their mothers wake........ and the man she attacked was her nephew

[twister881]

Yes, but was she able to keep the cigarette in her mouth throughout?

[Markos33]

No backwood country cop is going to take my redneck, white trash a$$ to jail. Fixed it.

[LiberConservative]

Arkansas. Home of the Clinton’s. This makes perfect sense.

[Texas Eagle]

Sheriff's deputies say a Texas woman started a brawl at a wake in Arkansas when she arrived with a beer can in her hand.

Well, hell. This is a no-brainer. Bringing a can of beer to a wake???

Come on. Obviously she didn't bring enough for everybody.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The fight began when Hall taunted Sindelar that she was not going to inherit the family’s pink lawn flamingos.

[Windcatcher]

“If you’ve ever brought a beer to a job interview...”

— Jeff Foxworthy

[RichInOC]

“Folks, if something like that happens at your family wake...you might be a redneck.”

[4yearlurker]

Years ago I attended a young ladies funeral in North Carolina. The grandmother showed up with a mason jar of white lightning in her purse. As the coffin,followed by the mourners exited the church,Granny went around behind the church looking for a bathroom!

[edpc]

Yes, but was she able to keep the cigarette in her mouth throughout?

Probably not, but I understand it remained in place while she told the entire room to kiss her ass.

[Sertorius]

Actually, she would probably make a much better Sec. of State! I’d like to see her throw a beer can at Kim Jong Il.

[Krankor]

They say McGill could fight without losing the cigarette in his mouth.

[Ezekiel]

[tophat9000]

Thing is old school wakes you would have in the house over night and set up an open bar on the coffin!

[mamelukesabre]

I’d like to see some TV personality track that guy down and interview him.

[BallyBill]

Aw come on, sometimes you just get so plastered you lose all etiquette. I'm sure if she was sober she would have bought enough for everybody.

[hinckley buzzard]

It is comforting to see that, far from the esoteric heights of Prague and London, real life goes on...

[uglybiker]

That'd explain why she wasn't sober.

Besides. At weddings and funerals, etiquette requires one to bring beer in bottles.

[LeonardFMason]

Obama: Hope, Change, and a country that resembles THE LORD OF THE FLIES

[KarinG1]

Heh heh. I’ll drink to that.

[KarinG1]

It wasn’t a guy, and it’s probably best it happened in Arkansas. Magnolia is in South Arkansas, only a short distance from Texas where we ladies are armed.

[seemoAR]

Magnolia is closer to Louisiana. A lot of people carry guns around there. The drunk was from Texas. She came to the wake with a beer in her hand. Magnolia is in a dry County. She was told to leave. That is when the fun started.

[mamelukesabre]

I was responding to post 14...the pic of looter guy.

[KarinG1]

If I remember correctly, Magnolians usually drive to Cairo or Springhill to get their beer, but it’s only about 50 miles to T-Town. I have friends I sometimes visit who live in Hope. They have to go to Fulton or Camden.

[seemoAR]

I do know people did go to Springhill, LA to buy alcohol. Liquor joints are located in Garland City, Ogemaw, and Cairo AR. Several boot leggers are in Magnolia and the surrounding area.

[mountainfolk]

I just picked up your post from the Arkansas section and had to respond. I very recently attended a memorial in Kentucky for a close relative and what happened there was equally mind stunning. I met the INLAWS FROM HELL. They, about 12 members of two families, arrived armed for battle. The minister gave one of the most inspiring talks I have heard at a funeral but that was the high point of the whole memorial. The relatives of the late, and truly lamented departed, swarmed around the table holding the container of ashes and badgered the widow to give them some to have as keepsakes. She had previously said no, she did not believe in that sort of thing. It got really bad from there on but we finally got away with ashes intact and the ILFH were still in the parking lot plotting another approach. Later I was reporting all of the details to another relative who was unable to attend the service and the more I detailed the event the more we both began to laugh so hard we hurt. Only Truman Capote could have done justice to the whole story. The deceased was probably looking on and reminding his widow that he had told her he did not want them invited and really preferred no ceremony at all. However, she is a kind hearted soul who is inclined to overlook past grievances for the sake of family. The ashes are now hidden and the ILFH banashed from the property but I have a feeling that they will return to fight another day. Jeff Foxworthy is not just joking all of the time.

[OB1kNOb]

Texas woman started a brawl at a wake in Arkansas....