The town founder had passed away and the
whole town turned out, as did his family who arrived from all over the globe. This threw
the mortuary into an uproar. They had some employees doing two or three jobs and others
switching jobs to get everything done.
After the chapel services, all the members
of the funeral party piled into the different cars for the drive to the cemetery. The
procession was very long, and one group of family members, not knowing their way, decided
to ask the driver how much further it would be. The patriarch tapped the driver on the
shoulder, and said, "Pardon me....."
The driver let out a scream and turned with
a grimace of horror to see who had tapped him. In doing so, he drove the car into the
ditch and through a farmer's fence, almost overturning it.
After calming everyone down, the driver
somberly explained, "I'm so sorry for what happened, but you see, I usually drive the
hearse."
