Mama would have to be resuscitated if she should ever spot flip-flops at a funeral. When I attended my first Southern funeral, I was just 7 years old. The dearly departed was a distant great-aunt whom ...

Southerners quickly switch into hosting gear at the first sign of a wedding or a baby shower, deploying casseroles, strategizing seating charts, and polishing silverware. Funerals are no exception. In ...

Funerals generally aren’t funny. Funerals in the south, however, can be entertaining. Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays, author of “Being Dead is No Excuse” and “Some Day You’ll Thank Me for This,” ...

At a springtime funeral in the rural south, the death of a loved one is as much a cause for celebration as for grieving. People don't want the funeral to go too fast... they need to sing, to hear the ...