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July 19, 2021 9 mins

How does a funeral director tell a very close family member that they are not allowed to participate?

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Coming up at the top of the hour, right about
four minutes after, it's my strawberry letter for today in
the subject are you guys are gonna love this? This
drinking and custom has got to stop. This drinking and
custom has to stop. Yeah, we'll get to that a
little bit later, but right now, the nephew is here

(00:22):
with today's praying phone call. What you got for his nav?
Three minute remarks, three minute remark. I think all of
us as black people know what that means. Three minute remarks.
It happens at the funeral and people want to go
a lot longer than than what's expected. So let's uh
take a listen. Three minute remarks. Yes, I'm trying to

(00:47):
reach your brother Keith, please. Yeah, this is Keith Keith.
How you doing? This? Is Lawrence Overhead Funeral Home. Okay.
We are the ones that have the um doing the
funeral for sister Dolores. And that is uh y'all, my

(01:08):
my understanding, right yeah, okay, And as you know, the
funeral is uh this coming Thursday. Yes, I'll do that Thursday.
I'm giving you a call because it's been brought to
my attention, uh that you were going to be giving

(01:28):
remarks for the funeral. Is that correct? Yes? Absolutely? Okay.
I wanted to call you because we're getting ready to
print the programs for the funeral and let you know
that they have taken you off for the remarks because
they say that you're not going to bed. What do

(01:51):
you mean taking me off? Well, what I'm saying is
they say that you're you're not going to abide by
the two three minute rule that they have for remarks,
and they wanted they've they've taken you off. And uh,
who who? Who are they? Who? Who? Come about? Come about? Who? Who?
What's your name is? Lawrence? I'm launched, I'm the actual

(02:15):
funeral director lords and who who told you to take
me off? One of the one of the family members
I'm assuming is who who made the adjustment? And an
adjustment that ain't no adjustment, that's that's changing the whole program?
Who else is on the list? I mean there's quite
a few family members doing different things, uh throughout the funeral. Okay,

(02:40):
So how did you get to my name? Is what
I'm trying to figure out That they said that let
listen to me, listen, listen to me, listen to me.
Brother Keith Listen to me. What they said it is
that you weren't going to abide by the time. You
weren't going to do your remarks in three minutes or less. Listen, listen.

(03:02):
Monty raised me. He put me through college. And you
think I'm Beenna. I'm Beenna goes there in her funeral
and be under two minutes. Well and well, listen, listen,
but keep brother, keep listening to me. Normally, when we
have these funerals, people who give remarks, we have them
three minutes or less. Okay, I'll tell you what. I'll

(03:25):
tell you what. Mr Lord who don't list. Is she
on the list? We have a Cela. Yes, there's a
seiler that's singing your name off the list. Take her
off the list and put me where she supposed to
be with my turn and her time. Is Bobby Joy
there there? Bobby? Yes, Bobby Jr. Is given remarks. That's

(03:52):
that's that's Glories' that's Mr Lawes's son, right, Yes, that's son,
the one that been locked up. He just got out
of tire. Truth be told, he's one that put her
in the co You need to take him off the
list to give me all that time, because I mean
I ain't gonna take nothing that keep let me let me,
let me just say this to you. I cannot take

(04:14):
see Law or Barby Junior off. I can't make any
alterations to this program unless they say that, actually you
already you already taking you already taking people name off,
you're taking my name off. But but they orchestrated this
though is they? Who is Dave? They for having my problems?

(04:36):
They try to take me off my hockey program? Who
is date? Sir? I'm not gonna get into a family matter.
But until they say that, you can be sure, I'm
not gonna. I don't want to. I don't want to
have this, this turn out to be bad, and we
want to have a great homegoing for sister Deloyer. Okay, right,

(04:58):
And if I don't get to say I guarantees I
guarantee you it's gonna be a truthful one in there,
somebody else don't get things in the carver too. I
guarantee you that if I don't get to say nothing
that my honety funeral Minethy didn't pay for their college.
I didn't put six thousand in the funeral. I bet you.
I'll tell you this. I'll tell you this Mr. Lord,

(05:19):
I bet you whether I'm on the program, I'm not.
I bet you, I said with the I want to
I'll bet you that much. You Tell they that I didn't.
I didn't put me through college. I can't put money
on the funeral. I called around and see who ain't
putting no money on the funeral? Tell them they can't
be on the program. Man, Keep they when they decide

(05:45):
who who Who's on it? If they changed the format,
then I will call you back. Who who the is thegue?
That's what I'm trying to get. Get you understand who
is they? Can? I can? I tell you something and
I don't want truth to get to our rape. Okay,
go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, man. I just want

(06:05):
to say this. Keep with them. This is nephew Tommy
from the Steve Harvey Mornin's show. You just got break.
You just gotten branked by your cousin Bobby Jr. You bum,
I'm by junior up. I'm kicking Bobby. I know that

(06:29):
my questions all up. I ain't got time to be
playing man taking me on program? Uh, Bobby. Bobby said,
y'all grew up like brothers man, and you was you
was basically another son and Mr Lord's that's right, Yes,

(06:49):
I was. Man. Oh hey, let me ask you this man,
what is the baddest and I mean the baddest radio
show in the land? Steve Eve Harvey Morning Show? Come on?
When he as soon as he was to find out

(07:12):
who they he all of they problem people. Let me
let me hear who's on there? Because I'm taking them off?
Who's on there? What the hell they doing on there?
She sang it, take off? I got her time. I know,

(07:39):
I don't here where a little bobby ain't on that?
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(08:48):
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thank you, nephew. Coming up next Strawberry letters. Subject. This

(09:10):
drinking and cussing has to stop. We'll get into it
right after this. You're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
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