I'm not sure, but isn't the "wake", the "party" that takes place after the funeral and the "burying"? Or is that what it has evolved into? Frankly, it makes more sense that it would be the 'staying awake'. I also remember the coffin being in the parlor and members of the family sitting with low lighting on during the night. My grandfather died in 1949 in Ky. I was very young. Then it seemed as though the funeral went on all day long. I know there were at least two services in two different churches. Then they put the coffin in the ground and covered it. As I remember, we all went back to my grandmothers and there was a huge gathering and tons of food. Now days, I guess they cannot cover the coffin until all of the family had left the cemetery. Also, after hearing my mother's story, I wonder if the "sitting with the dead" wasn't a safety issue. My mother was only about two or three when her father was killed in an accident. The body was placed in the parlor and the room was lit with candles as there was no electricity. Somehow, the house caught on fire and burned to the ground...............coffin and all. (Unintentional cremation?) Virginia in Seattle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelly Platz" <sunshine311_us@yahoo.com> To: <KYBREATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 2:15 PM Subject: Re: [KYBREATH-L] Preachin on the Ground > Yes, Linda. I have been to several. > > > Hi, wasn't that also called a "Wake"? I've never been to one but I hear that > was the "thing to do" when someone passed on. > > Lynda > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway - Enter today > > > ==== KYBREATH Mailing List ==== > > > >