# A plus-sized Jewish lady redneck died in El Paso on Saturday **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380 "2021-12-20T19:43:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380/1 "2021-12-20T19:43:24Z")
Evidently this is going viral – I saw it when my sister texted the article and obit to me. It is an interesting obituary, for sure, written by her son and he certainly put a lot into it. > **['A plus-sized Jewish lady redneck died in El Paso,' and her obit went viral](https://www.npr.org/2021/12/19/1065626409/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-and-her-obit-went-viral?ft=nprml&f=)** > > Scott Detrow speaks with Andy Corren, author of the colorful obituary for his mother, Renay Mandel Corren, that attracted worldwide attention this week. The obituary: > **[Obituaries in Fayetteville, NC | Fayetteville Observer](https://www.fayobserver.com/obituaries/m0028451)** > > Renay Mandel Corren > El Paso, TX—A plus-sized Jewish lady redneck died in El Paso on Saturday. > Of itself hardly news, or good news if you're the... ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380/2 "2021-12-20T19:49:00Z")
Awww. That’s lovely. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380/3 "2021-12-20T19:50:13Z")
Wow, quite the character! I feel so colorless now. Great obit. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380/4 "2021-12-20T19:58:01Z")
A friend of mine shared it on Facebook over the weekend. I thought it was brilliantly done, and a sign that her son really did understand his mom. (Plus, I’m irreverent enough that I would want such an obituary for myself. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380/5 "2021-12-20T22:43:54Z")
Holy crap. I got some livin’ to do if I ever become that nuts. And I really want to. Great obit!! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380/6 "2021-12-20T23:19:43Z")
I believe it was Paul Chadwick who wrote “Go through life like a comet- undeterred, unafraid and unashamed.” That’s been one of my goals since I first read it. So I say, well done Renay! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380/7 "2021-12-21T02:39:21Z")
I just spoke to my mother, who informed me that her older brother’s wife of 68 years died earlier this evening. While she had quite an interesting life, it was nowhere near THIS colorful! RIP, Renay! Wish I’d known you! ---
**Author:** ![SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380/8 "2021-12-21T14:52:15Z")
This stuff sounds good in lively obituaries, but it’s frequently very hard to the ones who had to deal with these people in real live. If you strip away the colorful writing, this sounds like - even assuming some amount of exageration in that obit - the type of person who posters start threads to complain about on this MB, and other people advise them to just stay away and don’t get sucked in to their drama, don’t make their troubles your troubles etc. etc. My mother is not remotely as colorful as this woman was, but I’m very glad that she’s what she is and that I’ve never had to deal with multiple bankruptcies, or living under my “care, compassion, checking accounts and, evidently, unlimited patience”. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380/9 "2021-12-21T19:18:07Z")
The writer was interviewed by ~~Larry King~~ [Michael Smerconish](https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2021/12/21/sons-obituary-for-mom-goes-viral-smerconish-intv-ctn-vpx.cnn). (\<-- CNN video link) ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380/10 "2021-12-21T19:28:22Z")
This, absolutely, in my case. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380/11 "2021-12-23T05:15:36Z")
That was wonderful. Both the obit and the interview; just wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plus-sized-jewish-lady-redneck-died-in-el-paso-on-saturday/956380/12 "2021-12-23T05:59:57Z")
wow sounds like a helluva’ woman… she and my mom could have been sisters’ friends or something deeper cause that’s pretty much how mom lived only thing that kept mom somewhat on the ground was us, kids …