fun'ral

At the fun'ral Willie's mother, weeping, said to Auntie Nell

Making Light: Open thread 137 2010

Sixteen liveried employees sell souvenirs from the fun'ral store

Forest Lawn 1997

"Not dead, massa," replied the black, with a knowing chuckle, "but dey'm gettin 'ready for a fun'ral."

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

"Tell it as it was, Hillard," -- nodded Uncle Dave, from the front bench -- "jes 'as it was -- no lies at my fun'ral."

The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore

Had fall'n upon the pile, to mend the fun'ral flame.

The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

De white folks 'preacher preached her fun'ral from de tex' of Isaiah fifth chapter: fust verse, an 'dey sung de old song, "Goin' Home to Die no Mo '. "

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

Dey waited 'bout two months sometimes before dey preached de fun'ral sermon.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

I tell yo ', bretherin, "he said turning to the congregation --" it'd be a good thing if we c'ud all have our fun'ral sermon now and then correctly told.

The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore

For the fun'ral dey built a brush arbor in front of de white folkses church, and de white preacher preached de fun'ral sermon, and white folkses would come lissen to slave fun'rals.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Now and den us went to a fun'ral, not often, but if dere was a baptizin 'inside of 10 miles' round f'um whar us lived, us didn't miss it.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration