Like almost everyone, I’ve spent some time thinking about how I’d like my funeral to go. I plan out the guest list, and the music, and even wonder what the eulogizers will say. It can be kind of fun to think about it as a big party celebrating your life, full of everyone you love saying nice things about you. You won’t be there, of course, unless that’s the kind of worldview to which you subscribe, then rock on. 

The majority of people, though, expect funerals to be grim and proper affairs. We wear black, we quietly weep, and we’re very serious about grief. If that’s your style, then I’m all for it. But those who were boisterous and full of energy during their lifetimes might desire some flair at their funerals. Like fashion designer Vernest Moore, who requested he be honored in the best way his model friend Erica L Carrington knew how. See the video below.