“As sad and bizarre as it was, funerals had become a social event in our culture. The last one that I attended was more like a New Year’s Eve party, with people dressed in designer knockoffs, grinning and hugging everybody all over the place. The only thing they didn’t do was dance.Daddy was feeling much better now, but the doctor had warned him to limit his activities. However, even if he had been on life support, he would not have missed Betty Jean’s funeral for the world.“That sister made a m...ean margarita and I’m sho’nuff gwine to miss her when I go back to the Red Rose Bar,” he lamented.He got to the church even before Betty Jean’s own family, which included the wild side and the good side. Funerals were family reunions when it involved the Spool family. It was the only occasion when both sides of this odd family got together at the same time.Muh’Dear didn’t go to Betty Jean’s funeral. “I done been to three funerals already this month. I’m sick of lookin’ at dead folks,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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