Jimmy Dean will be laid to rest in $350,000, 9-1/2-foot long, granite piano mausoleum overlooking the James River
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Jimmy Dean to be buried in $350,000 piano tomb
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In a Friday, Aug. 28, 2009 file photo, country singer and sausage icon
Jimmy Dean is seen at his home in Varina, Va. Dean, a country music
legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an
entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died Sunday, June 13, 2010. He
was 81.
Yes, it's true: Jimmy Dean will be buried in a grand piano tomb.
A public visitation and an open funeral service for the country music
legend and sausage king will be Sunday in Richmond, Va., followed with a
private burial Monday.
Dean died Sunday at his home in Varina, Va., and that's where he will be
laid to rest in the $350,000, 9-1/2-foot long, granite piano mausoleum
overlooking the James River. On the piano, which he and his wife bought
years ago, will be inscribed: "Here lies one hell of a man."
According to his widow, Donna Meade Dean, his epitaph is inspired by the
last line of "Big Bad John," the song that brought him a No. 1 hit in 1961.
"He was the most special human being I've ever known," Dean tells The
Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch. "He had the best wit of anyone I ever
knew. We made each other laugh. He was the man of my dreams. "
Nelsen Funeral Home's website says the visitation is scheduled noon to 8
p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. The funeral service - "a celebration of
Jimmy's life" - will be 11 a.m. Monday at Grove Avenue Baptist Church,
followed by a private burial at Dean's home.
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> 1:15 p.m. June 17, 2010
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> Jimmy Dean to be buried in $350,000 piano tomb
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Now THAT'S living.
rwalker
wrote:
> Jimmy Dean
Just out of curiosity I did a Google search to see if his actual name
was James Dean, but no. He was Jimmy Ray Dean. I've known a number
of Tommys down south. Their birth certificates say Tommy, not a
diminutive of Thomas.
tr...@iwvisp.com
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> Jimmy Dean to be buried in $350,000 piano tomb
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This will be the first room he will not suck all the oxygen out of!
What? Too soon?
Ray Arthur