dialectal "from the home" /of the home

[Bethany K. Dumas]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Wilson Gray wrote:

>> 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.]

Now the phrase makes sense.

I have assised in the burial of a number of Texans, all dead, but never
with the assistance of the Texas State Police. When did this
custom begin?

Bethany