dialectal "from the home" /of the home

[Bethany K. Dumas]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Wilson Gray wrote:

>> 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?
>
>Perhaps the question is, rather, "When did it end?" At my grandfather's
>funeral, the presence of the state-police escort was not considered to
>be worthy of comment. In 1956, the presence of the Texas State Police
>at a large gathering of black people would more likely have caused
>panic, let alone comment, unless it was an ordinary occurrence,
>expected under the circumstances. And an escort by the state police was
>not a service that the state of Texas would have provided to black
>people and denied to white people.

Interesting - the custom must have varied by county, The burials I
referenced began in the early 1950s.

Thanks,
Bethany