Dancing with Jesus

We rejoice in the fact that Dollie “Faye” Porter of Benton is now dancing with Jesus and no longer suffering from brain cancer.

What a send-off! Can't you just picture it? I'll bet Buddy Hollie and Elvis are providing the music. I didn't know Faye but that one sentence tells me who she was. Obituaries should be tributes, not statements of fact. The facts are important but we obituary readers need more of a story. In one sentence I know Faye liked to dance, was a Christian, and had brain cancer. That sentence could launch a novel, a screenplay. Anne Tyler should write the book.

If I ever need to write an obituary I'm going to remember to put a little life into it.