<p>I would have loved to meet this gentleman.</p>
<p>[Harry</a> Stamps Obituary: View Harry Stamps’s Obituary by The Sun Herald](<a href=“Harry Stamps Obituary (2013) - Long Beach, MS - The Sun Herald”>Harry Stamps Obituary (2013) - Long Beach, MS - The Sun Herald)</p>
<p>(Sigh) If only I were as great a character as he was, so that they would write such things about me! But I fear I’m too conventional to qualify for such an obituary.</p>
<p>Great obituary!</p>
<p>Very good!</p>
<p>I saw that earlier today on fb. A proud family member from a nearby town had posted it. As great as it is, I would love to know who wrote it. Maybe he did? A good friend? Someone else who was “just like Napoleon”?</p>
<p>I’ve always been a fan of great obituary headlines (generally from the Times.) My all time favorite was “Danced the flamenco with Flair!”</p>
<p>OMG. How did you find, this, zoosermom? I love it and will share with my friends. Thank you.</p>
<p>It was written by his daughter–follow up article here:</p>
<p>[Harry</a> Weathersby Stamps obit: Daughter responds to Internet’s love of her father’s obit.](<a href=“http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/03/12/harry_weathersby_stamps_obit_daughter_responds_to_internet_s_love_of_her.html]Harry”>Harry Weathersby Stamps obit: Daughter responds to Internet's love of her father's obit.)</p>
<p>Best I’ve ever read.</p>
<p>It sure is making the rounds! I saw it on facebook too.</p>
<p>Now THAT is a life well-lived!</p>
<p>Awesome! He lived life to the fullest. Thanks for sharing! </p>
<p>I have a link to a petition to end daylight saving time (per the obituary). It’s on the We the People site and already has 27,000 signatures. When it reaches 100,000 the White House will have to give a formal response.</p>
<p>EDIT: I removed the link to the petition because it probably violates policy about getting political. But if the obituary inspires you, you can seek it out.</p>
<p>I hate to be a spoilsport, but I don’t care for it. It sounds like a bragfest, which doesn’t appeal to me…even after death. Also sounds like he wrote it. Sorry, Harry!</p>
<p>Wow, busdriver. If there’s any time for someone to brag about a loved one, shouldn’t an obituary be that time? Why is this any different from “Her zinnias won the blue ribbon at the county fair every year, and no one baked a better carrot cake” or “He was very successful in business, and enjoyed cruising the islands every winter.” It’s just done in a more clever, highly personal way.</p>
<p>I do like the idea that he may have written it himself, though. Whether it was him or his daughter, I think it is fantastic and hope thanks to its viral spread that more people consider going all out on the obituaries they have to write.</p>
<p>I think it’s a great obituary, and I don’t even see it as bragging - more of a character study. Where was the bragging? His Korean war service? His camellias? He camped a lot, loved food, and hated Daylight savings time.</p>
<p>I love this: “He excelled at…never losing a game of competitive sickness”</p>
<p>I like it. I don’t even care if he wrote it himself. It is funny and celebrate his life.</p>
<p>A true Southern gentleman. They have the flair for writing. I know his hometown and the newspaper well. Wonderful place to live. Makes you appreciate the simpler things in life.</p>
<p>Just a difference sort of taste, not trying to be a spoilsport. I am sure my father will have one written that will outdo that (though he’s got another 40 years). I just know far too many people that are very impressed with themselves. I personally don’t want a funeral, memorial, and my husband knows I come down and haunt him if he did any sort of obituary that was too much. I want to slip out quietly, only noticed by the ones who have loved me.</p>
<p>But each to his own.</p>
<p>Wow. There is NOTHING in the obituary I read that reveals someone who was “impressed with himself.” He was just an unpretentious, regular guy with a great personality and a lot of people who loved him. I’m pretty sure I know why you didn’t like it but I won’t say it here for fear of getting the thread shut down.</p>
<p>I think it is a great obit. It reminds me of a well written eulogy.</p>
<p>I don’t see it as bragging at all. I see it as a celebration of his life and who he was as a person and fond memories of him.</p>