Best Funeral Poems Ever!

The funeral poems are one of the best ways to show your sympathy, affection and care for the deceased. If you have ever been at a funeral of a loved one, you know how worthy they are to increase the soulfulness in the atmosphere of the funeral destination. The funeral poems are very important in case if you want to plan a memorable funeral. Here are some of the best funeral poems ever written.

Your grief for what you've lost holds a mirror

Your grief for what you've lost holds a mirror
up to where you're bravely working.

Expecting the worst, you look and instead,
here's the joyful face you've been wanting to see.

Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes.
If it were always a fist or always stretched open,
you would be paralyzed.

Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding
the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated

-Jalal Uddin Rumi

No Longer Mourn for Me

No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell

Give warning to the world that I am fled
From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell:

Nay, if you read this line, remember not
The hand that writ it; for I love you so

That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot
If thinking on me then should make you woe.

O, if, I say, you look upon this verse
When I perhaps compounded am with clay,
Do not so much as my poor name rehearse.
But let your love even with my life decay,

Lest the wise world should look into your moan
And mock you with me after I am gone.

-William Shakespeare

Adam Ward Funeral Service Announced

The WDBJ7 announced the final arrangements for the Roanoke county cameraman and photojournalist, Adam Ward who was shot and killed during a public broadcasting. Adam worked as a photojournalist and cameraman for WDBJ7. He was shot to death while operating his camera during a public broadcasting on Wednesday. The WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker, was also shot and killed at the same time.

The young man was a very passionate and hardworking guy and he always enjoyed working for the network. The sudden loss of Adam shattered the hearts of his family, friends and colleagues.

The family has announced the funeral arrangements for Adam Ward and the ceremony will held at the Salem High School from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday. A gathering is also to be performed at the auditorium.

A celebration of life event is also to be organized for the 27 year old guy on the next day of funeral at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Roanoke. The funeral arrangements of the fellow worker Alison Parker’s obituary has been released and her funeral is yet to be announced.

The photojournalist along with the reporter Alison was shot to death by an alleged shooter Vester Flanagan. After killing the journalists, he also tried to shot and kill himself. He died in the hospital a short time after the shooting.

Source: http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/2015/08/30/funeral-arrangements-announced-for-photographer-killed-on-air/71417358/

What is a Funeral?

The meaning of the world funeral means celebrating and remembering the life of a person who has died. The funeral and its customs vary in different regions and religions of the world but mostly it refers to a ceremony for paying the final respect and tribute to the person who has died. The achievements and life cycle of the departed is recalled at his funeral and also religious prayers, chanting and eulogies are also performed for a safe afterlife journey of the deceased.

The funeral is normally held when a person dies of a natural or accidental death and the family friends and colleagues of the person gather at the ceremony to show their care and affection towards the deceased and show their sympathy to the bereaved members of the family. However, there are few regions of the world who also have the concept of pre-funeral. This concept relates to organizing the funeral even before death. Most of the people consider it foolish so it is not practiced in many regions.

There is no limited of time which is available to organize a funeral. It is the choice of the family of the deceased when they want to organize the ceremony. They may choose to do it after one day of death or they may prefer the arrangement of funeral after a month. However, some of the regions emphasis upon disposing off the human body within a day after death such as Hinduism and Islam. 

The funeral arrangements include the selection of casket for the corpse, the place of burial and the flowers to be used for the decoration of the funeral home. These services are all provided by the funeral homes. Before funeral, a visitation can also be held which relates to the viewing of the body and the funeral program is followed by either burial or cremation.