PICS: An OG Funeral

Sandra Rose August 20, 2008

Legendary rapper Tupac Shakur once said, “bury me a G.” But this deceased OG had other plans for his burial. I guess it can be said that this OG never took anything lying down. He was a stand up kinda guy.

Thanks to loyal reader Shana for the pics!

bloggergirlz

first off, let me do the right thing by saying, rest in peace…

yuck! i saw these earlier…whatev…
dj_dceezy

thats not serious…
MissGauzzz

OMG!!! Gross!!!! This is just WRONG on so many levels!!! Lord my people PLEASE do better!!!!!
h0tsauce

I know his mother respected his wishes and had him standing up…but in her living room!?!?!?!…I wonder if she was staying (sleeping) there while he was in the living room standing up!! I know the dead can’t do anything to you but that just gives me a eerie feeling!! I’m not sure I could have my relative standing in my home…deceased!
http://myspace.com/latituded400 H-Town Shan

Man when I was around 4 or 5 I went to a relative’s funeral and I was terrified! I remember my Great Grandma Lena Jones (may God rest her soul) told me that I should be afraid of the living and not the dead. All I have to say is if I would have walked up in that living room and seen ole boy propped up against the wall, well you would have just put a diaper on me cuz I would have messed all over myself tryna get on up out that place. I am all for honoring people’s last wishes but some things just go to far.
http://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/BDSTCHK2006 BLACKBARBIE404

I GOT THIS EMAIL YESTERDAY….

NO WORDS……………..
Poetry777

I’m literaly stuttering right now. I may need a little more back story to understand this a little better….
mizzdallas

@H-town shan

I’m at work LMAO! OMG! I cant breathe **B/C I can just picture your face expression! This ish is to funny!!
teecee

omg….. this is just sick. i know sometimes the family goes off the deep end during death, but somebody should came in and said no, this is not right, this isnt the images you want left behind.
brwnsugga4you

all i can say is WOW!
DivaMama

I would be freaking out if I walked in a room and saw this.. and this is not in a funeral home, this is at someone’s HOUSE!!! Who leaves dead people standing in their home, next to the kitchen of all places!

And how did they get him to stand up like that? That body doesn’t even look real…
http://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/BDSTCHK2006 BLACKBARBIE404

INFO FROM MY EMAIL:

Puerto Rico corpse kept upright for 3-day wake
A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing — even in death.
A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.
Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother’s living room.
His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: ‘He wanted to be happy, standing.’
The owner of the Marin Funeral Home, Damaris Marin, told The Associated Press the mother asked him to fulfill her dead son’s last wish.
Pantoja was found dead Friday underneath a bridge in San Juan and buried Monday. Police are investigating.
http://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/BDSTCHK2006 BLACKBARBIE404

The body of deceased Angel Pantoja Medina stands erect and leans against a wall by his coffin during his own wake in his mother’s home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. The last wish of Medina , 24, who was found dead on Aug. 15, 2008 underneath a bridge in the capital, was to be standing at his own wake, and was embalmed for the occasion. (AP Photo/Juan Alicea Marcado, El Nuevo Dia)
Mzsuave

OMG!!!! This reminds me of a stand up sketch by Rickey Smiley……..
DivaMama

Thanks, blackbarbie. But did he know that he was going to die to make that his last wish? Maybe he was into something that he wasn’t supposed to be in and knew his time was coming?

….that’s still weird!
Mzsuave

Maybe they couldn’t afford a coffin????
http://monica.invisionzone.com LuXuRiouS_1

Oh lawd…Put that baby in his coffin please!
http://monica.invisionzone.com LuXuRiouS_1

Mzsuave Says:

Maybe they couldn’t afford a coffin????
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He was standing next to his coffin…
browni007

i saw these earlier. kind of creepy. How did he die?
carmelita79

gross!
Destiny

R.I.P. …….BUT WTF?
Made4Success

*typeless* *just typeless*
shannymowill

That is just too morbid. He looks like a wax figure.
Mzsuave

LuXuRiouS_1 Says:

Mzsuave Says:

Maybe they couldn’t afford a coffin????
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He was standing next to his coffin…

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Thanks for the confirmation. My computer doesn’t show too clear of pictures. All of them are dark. Still sick, though.
http://www.myspace.com/shaylacheri MsShayinGA

What in the hell?
http://www.myspace.com/amax79 AKAtastrophy1908

nooooooooooooooooooooooo words. this is why the rednecks are afraid of immigration. america would be filled with hispanic deadbodies standing in living rooms for days on end and well, that is just un-american! LOL Rest In Pose dude! whatev… my mom would not have honored that last wish…i don’t even have the balls to make such a request!
Xsjado

I read somewhere he was a drug dealer, and that they had no air conditioning, only a fan to circulate the air in the house. I mean I thought I saw it all when a pimp was buried in his caddy coffin, but wow…
http://www.myspace.com/amax79 AKAtastrophy1908

…i can’t stop. this dude was like like JayZ on Jeezy’s “put on” remix…he had ‘one last wish, put his Yankee hat onnnnnn’. OMG. if he had opened his eyes and kissed that dude back in that last pic, there would be alot more dead bodies standing in that living room this weekend. ok. i’m done
sali

Is this really real?? This is scarey especially seeing the guy give him a kiss on the cheek. The guy looks like a plastic doll
http://www.myspace.com/msmeka2cute Mz_Magnificent1

OMG now this is just crazy…I mean if that was his wishes but still this is insane.

I couldn’t have went to that funeral…if I would have walked into someone’s home and saw a dead body just standing upright I would have passed out.
selly

Why did it have to be a puerto rican….dayyyuuumm, my peoples…!!!
goat76

Might as well put a blunt in his mouth while they at it……I just want a couple of blunts for my ride in the sky and please lay me down…I got bad feet………
ggouch

He reminds me of one of those life size dolls I use to play with as a child…you know the ones that when you go to your great grandma’s house she still has it and it scares the sh*T out of you now. NE Way, I know it seems a little off. But my daddy is from a culture (He’s from Baton Rouge LA) where deceased relatives remain in the house for at least one night. It is said to give the spirit the chance to get comfortable in the home, so that they will always be around for protection. (OMG: what happens if someone knocks him over)
goat76

Is he holdin…….D-Boy stance
goat76

@ggouch……….Knock him over and you’ll be standing next to him……..
butternutSquash

I might just get fired b/c of this post… Cuz I am laughing HELLA hardy and loud… While this sh!t is creepy as all fluck, ya are off the freakin cheezy!
1) H-Town Shan @ his diaper comment…
2) DivaMama @ her kitchen comment
3) goat76 @ the blunt & bad feet comment
4) ggouch @ the knock over comment (that one sent me over the edge, COMMENT OF THE DAY AWARD!)
Detroit48205

Its customary for Hispanics to have the wake’s in their homes… His body will be on display for 3 days and then will be buried……
butternutSquash

Whoa buddy! Detroit… I’m latina and my family, nor anyone I know, has yet to hold a wake up in their house. And I come from a LARGE fam, we’ve buried a whole heck of a lotta people, but we head the funeral home. We got the Ortiz Family Funeral Home number on speed dial… we don’t play that. Unfair generalization I think.
speakinmymind

H-Town Shan

My great grandmother’s name was Lena Jones, too. Did your Lena Jones live in Pittsburgh, PA?
speakinmymind

On topic,

You know this ghetto-fabulous ish is going to catch on and more people are going to start doing all sorts of crazy stuff instead of traditional funerals. We are definitely living in the end times if this type of stuff is becoming “acceptable”, especially in the Black community. I can’t even believe the mortician agreed to something like this?!? smdh
ggouch

Detroit48205 Says:

Its customary for Hispanics to have the wake’s in their homes… His body will be on display for 3 days and then will be buried……
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Detroit do you mind sharing briefly the reasons…just curious to know if it is similar to why my dad’s family does it (though..not 3 days)
SHANIASMOMMA

let’s just say the second i would have walked thru the door i would have passed out dead ..they would have had to put me in the casket…..
http://www.myspace.com/themdivasinc Mimi Renee

i saw this earlier and my soul just didn’t understand. i could not walk into a funeral, wake or anything and see a dead body like this, no disrespect.

one of my co-workers said he looks like he is straight posted up against the wall in the club, chillin bout to holla at some chicks or somethin.
jadecool

woah
ggouch

Mimi…I am smiling at your words…”My soul just didn’t understand”…that is the most sweetest way of saying What The F*U*CK* is this here sh*T!! …but you said it so sweately…awww love you.
http://www.myspace.com/themdivasinc Mimi Renee

ggouch love you too, LOL!! but i just dont get it…no, nevermind, i don’t wanna get it cuz if a dead body was in my house i couldnt stay the night there. or what if you forgot he was there and went downstairs to get a drink of water and there he is, just chillin. no thanks
butternutSquash

I’m loving ggouch loving Mimi’s words… but I love even more ggouch’s translation! LMAO!
Mzsuave

@ Mimi Renee

Lmao at your coworkers response…dude do look like he about to spit game (Lawd forgive me for laughing)
http://www.myspace.com/hune916 HunE916

I’m mad at them swap meet Dolce shades though!

Hell, I was going to just type, N*GGAS…but I can’t even do THAT! There’s no words for this sh*t right here!
http://www.smokiesays.blogspot.com/ Smokie

I mean, gotd@man.

I don’t really know what to say to this one. It is just… baffling. Who catches him if he falls over?
MZN

lol @ smokie!!!
goat76

Mimi you so crazy…….
or what if you forgot he was there and went downstairs to get a drink of water and there he is, just chillin. no thanks…..one of my co-workers said he looks like he is straight posted up against the wall in the club, chillin bout to holla at some chicks or somethin.

Man ya’ll killin me(no pun)
ggouch

CRACKING UP!!! Mimi!! too cute…I know..I think I’ll go down stairs for a cookie…lalalala.. WTF!!(insert sound effects for scuffle) Mama!! Jose done knocked Miguel over again!!!…I ain’t picking him up again neither!!
http://www.myspace.com/themdivasinc Mimi Renee

yea, you would be just minding your business and there he go…standing in the corner, waiting. forgive me, but i dont think my heart would like that
spongebobfan

can someone forward tht email with the pics to me rayne215 @ gmail.com
miamore73

I wanna know what funeral home condoned this. He still had to be prepped and then they had to bring him back to stand him up. I wonder what they used to stand him up.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=49633568 entyce08

I can’t even begin to understand this………
http://pleasurekisses.com Mika79

JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL!!!! *DEAD*
http://pleasurekisses.com Mika79

I SHOULDN’T BE LAUGHIN…BUT THESE COMMENTS GO TEARS COMING OUT OF MY EYES…”HE’S STANDING NEXT TO HIS COFFIN”….BWAAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!! ‘He wanted to be happy, standing.’ OMG…YA’LL BETTER BE LUCKY THEY DIDN’T PUT A PERMANENT SMILE ON HIS FACE!!!!!!! DID THEY PROP HIM ON THE WALL OR PUT A METAL POLE UP HIS BUTT LIKE A MANNEQUIN???? OH LAWD JESUS…I’M TOO THROUGH!
pointhimout

stop it i say. the foolishness that makes up this story lends to the distorted answer or reasons why HE WAS FOUND UNDER A BRIDGE.

some mf wish to go to college; he wanted to buried like a G; the last man standing i suppose. MESS.
Sharonda

I’m speechless.I don’t even know what to think.Why must I cry, Lord???
tallie

Just embarrassing…& DISGUSTING!!!
http://a44.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/33/l_eda163566809fe1928ce821269a4e353.jpg Slimlady727

Speechless!! Bad enough I dont like going to funerals when the body is in a coffin, I would die if I walked into house and the body was posted up on a wall. I swear he look like he holding the wall up at party. All he needs is a drink in his hand. My mother would never!!!
http://xscape2xscape.com crystal

OMG imagine going to the bathroom at night and see this body in the dimmed light the kitchen night light is giving off. Oh hell naw, my funeral would be right after his cause i would of had a heart attack!!
He has a look like he can tilt his head back and be like wassup ma can i get those digits?

and why did we make a wish like that so young like he knew he was going to die. all we need to do now is each one of us have a forty 0z and pour some on the flowers there. This is for my hommies !!!
http://xscape2xscape.com crystal

question how did they carry that body in? did they set him up like a Christmas tree? just asking. you know i was going to take up Mortuary Science. They said the dead can’t hurt you but damm they can make you hurt yourself. The above picture is a example. Like if you was there you be trying to kill yourself trying to get the hell out of that house.
http://pleasurekisses.com Mika79

I had to look at this again…HIS HANDS GOT RIGAMORTIS!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
http://pleasurekisses.com Mika79

Smokie Says:

I mean, gotd@man.

I don’t really know what to say to this one. It is just… baffling. Who catches him if he falls over?

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Aaahhhh Lawd mama, Pedro done fell over again!!!!
http://pleasurekisses.com Mika79

Did they at least send out an evite telling everyone that he’d be the one standing over in the corner at his own funeral???? OMG, I need a drink!
musicluvher

lol!!! The comments are too funny. It’s so not right to be laughing. **Jesus Forgive Me***
mimi08

I don’t mean any disrespect, but he look tied as hell standing there for 3 days, even though i know he’s dead…I’m glad he didn’t request to sit with the family for the last meal, cause they’d have probly propped him in a chair at the dinner table too… This seems sacriligious and just plain wrong! You can’t honor everything, even if it’s the person wishes…he would have just had to beat my azz in our next life cause i wouldn’t have done it.
aqtpie

RIP I hope I don’t go to hell for laughing my a$$ off at these comments.
Kymystry

A Question ? ? .. did they dig the grave Vertically ?
So he can be STANDING up 6 feet unda ? ? ?
ggouch

Bang bang Bang goes the hammers of Satin’s carpenter’s building all of YOU!! (ok…including me) a special room in HELL!!!

Whew!! LMBAO!!
iyonah

This deserves to be with the “Why must I cry?” files … & yes “We need to do better”
Lemondrop

ggouch Says:..I think I’ll go down stairs for a cookie…lalalala.. WTF!!(insert sound effects for scuffle) Mama!! Jose done knocked Miguel over again!!!…I ain’t picking him up again neither!
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LMAO that one did it right there.
Tiffochris11

SMH!! Yall Got me cryin over here! I did NOT want to laugh but i could not help myself! The lord knows my heart! lol

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