# Obituary of the year **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituary-of-the-year/668942 "2013-09-16T02:04:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituary-of-the-year/668942/1 "2013-09-16T02:04:05Z")
From the Savannah Morning News, but apparently penned by one of his sons: [William McCullough](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/savannah/obituary.aspx?n=william-mccullough&pid=166950349&#fbLoggedOut) ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituary-of-the-year/668942/2 "2013-09-16T02:12:53Z")
Nice. I’ve been wanting to memorialize my grandfather in similar fashion on a donor’s bench at the local arboretum but that kind of writing is a lot harder than it looks. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituary-of-the-year/668942/3 "2013-09-16T02:20:34Z")
After seeing that obituary for the horrible woman in Vegas, this is refreshing. As of right now, his guestbook has 197 signatures. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituary-of-the-year/668942/4 "2013-09-16T04:14:43Z")
Big Tittie Wanda ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituary-of-the-year/668942/5 "2013-09-16T15:51:19Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Big Tittie Wanda Mom? ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituary-of-the-year/668942/6 "2013-09-18T01:07:07Z")
[The story behind the story…](http://www.wtoc.com/story/23458839/familys-loving-outrageous-obituary-bloomingdale-dad-goes-viral?fb_action_ids=10151703409659403&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_ref=.Ujj03wfZ214.like&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151703409659403%22%3A716729418342283%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151703409659403%22%3A%22og.recommends%22%7D&action_ref_map=%7B%2210151703409659403%22%3A%22.Ujj03wfZ214.like%22%7D) ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituary-of-the-year/668942/7 "2013-09-18T02:13:19Z")
My brother’s ex-father-in-law deserves this kind of write-up. Tim loves the heck outta Red and I completely understand why. Looks like this dad did right by a whole lotta people. What a lovely send-off. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obituary-of-the-year/668942/8 "2013-09-18T11:03:51Z")
I’m glad he built his house from the ground up and not the other way around.