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  • Essay / The Funeral - 693

    As she entered the funeral home, all Amanda could notice were the tear-stained faces, the black suits of the people, which symbolized the dark times to come, and how quiet everyone was. It was the funeral of Amanda's brother, Jacob Flowers, who died in a horrific car accident involving a drunk driver. The funeral home was beginning to be a standing room only because Jacob knew so many people and had affected many lives in unique ways. Jacob had died at the age of eighteen, with so much life ahead of him. Amanda stood back and watched the events of the funeral, as they unfolded before her eyes. Jacob Flowers was driving late on a humid, dark summer night in mid-June when a drunk driver hit his vehicle. Jacob was driving a red 2010 Ford Mustang with little to no scratches on it, and only about five thousand miles on it. The drunk forty-year-old was driving a monstrous blue 2011 Ford Super Duty with tons of dents and scratches. Jacob was leaving his nieces' softball game when he was hit by a forty-year-old drunk driver on the highway. Jacob was pronounced dead at the hospital, while the drunk driver was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The funeral was scheduled to begin at ten in the morning, and the clock showed nine fifty, so the rest of the people coming to the service had ten minutes left before the memorial began. The funeral home was filling up quickly and there were only about 20 seats left, with many more people waiting to arrive. As soon as the clock struck nine fifty-five, a hundred more people would come in, looking sullen, somber and somber because their friend or family member was going to be buried. Only about... middle of paper ...... and his family couldn't control their tears. The coffin was made of a beautiful shimmering black marble material. When they had finished, placing the coffin in the earth, the Pope said please join us all in the reception room for lunch. The reception hall owned by the pope was a quaint mansion on the other side of town, but even though the hall It was on the other side of town, it wasn't hard to find either. When those at the grave site arrived at the mansion, waiters served the sandwiches and drinks for lunch. Amanda had a choice of a Swiss turkey sandwich or a Swiss ham sandwich with sweet tea, unsweetened tea or lemonade. Amanda chose a Swiss turkey sandwich with sweet tea and she said the food was incredibly delicious. As the people finished eating and were ready to leave, they said goodbye to Jacob's family and left..