It was one gloomy Friday evening and it was raining cats and dogs. The week before that a close family friend & neighborhood mother went to her heavenly home. She finally had given up on her long battle with breast cancer. Ms. Jane was one of the sweetest neighborhoods old ladies you can say who always had a store house that attracted many people both young and old for her famous sweet potatoes pies, which she sold for Two dollar and Twenty-Five cent. When I received the news after coming home from class my brain felt as though it wanted to bifurcate and it had shattered. So on that Friday, it was something the Black community would call a “viewing service” and this is where many family and friends of the decease came out and reminisce on the good time they’ve had with the decease before the actual service which is held on a Saturday.
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Apparently the doctor’s office where she works was busy that particular day and she end up leaving work at 7PM and the viewing ended and 8:30PM. My mom stopped by the house to pick me up and we head to my aunt house to then pick her up since everyone knew Ms. Jane around the area of Belle Glade, Fl. Word of advice if you’re going to someone viewing please have the correct information about the location or you’ll be flummoxed the entire time looking for your destination. So on the funeral details the viewing was to be held at “Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Inc.” and the city of Belle Glade had a ton of those churches nearby each other. My mom took it as the church with what seemed like a million of African Americans crying leaving a church was where the body of Ms. Jane would be when we walked inside. So as it is storming and the rainy weather is gonzo we attempt to make our way to the front of the
Apparently the doctor’s office where she works was busy that particular day and she end up leaving work at 7PM and the viewing ended and 8:30PM. My mom stopped by the house to pick me up and we head to my aunt house to then pick her up since everyone knew Ms. Jane around the area of Belle Glade, Fl. Word of advice if you’re going to someone viewing please have the correct information about the location or you’ll be flummoxed the entire time looking for your destination. So on the funeral details the viewing was to be held at “Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Inc.” and the city of Belle Glade had a ton of those churches nearby each other. My mom took it as the church with what seemed like a million of African Americans crying leaving a church was where the body of Ms. Jane would be when we walked inside. So as it is storming and the rainy weather is gonzo we attempt to make our way to the front of the