dialectal "from the home" /of the home

[Wilson Gray]

On Nov 20, 2004, at 11:24 AM, Beverly Flanigan wrote:

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> I'm sure the first was meant.  In any case, it's also used here in SE
> Ohio,
> in print obits too.  I won't swear by it, but I think the phrase "from
> home" used to be used (in my parents' day) to indicate a home funeral,
> without the use of a mortuary: "He was buried from home."  Do others
> recognize this?

When my maternal grandfather died in 1956 in NE Texas, he was "buried
from home." The phrase, as you note, "indicates a home funeral, without
the use of a mortuary." BTW, the funeral cortege of any dead Texan,
irrespective of race, creed, color, or sexual orientation, is escorted
to his/her final resting place by the Texas State Police (not to be
confused with the Texas Rangers). [Of course, the unspoken assumption
is that the interment will take place somewhere within the borders of
the great state of Texas.]

-Wilson Gray

> At 09:21 AM 11/20/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, Stephen Goranson wrote:
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>>> here-->hear?
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>> I wondered? Or is it
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>>> here --> here are "of the home"
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>> The choices seem to be:
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>> Here in North Central Ar. we hear "of the home" in reference to
>> someone living with the deceased when obituary announcements are read
>> on the radio.
>>
>> and
>>
>> Here in North Central Ar. we hear [here?] are "of the home" in
>> reference to
>> someone living with the deceased when obituary announcements are read
>> on the radio.
>>
>> Bethany
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