WM R Hamilton

I have been meaning to set in motion some forward planning for quite some time. Years ago, during my high school days, one of my teachers had each student in the class write their own funeral service. Over the years, I repeated that assignment a couple of times on my own, but frankly, I couldn’t put my hands on a copy of it if I had to. It’s one of those get-​around-​to-​it kind of things I frequently forget about.
End of life — funerals — burial — reading of the will. Things that people rarely discuss, let alone prepare for. We all die, but leave the details up to friends and family to cope with in their greatest time of need — during their time of mourning.
On a Friday night I stopped by my local neighborhood funeral home to finally put my intentions into action. Recently, I have had some thoughts about my own funeral services, logistics and such, and I wanted to run them by someone who deals with these sort of things for a living.
I met with Phillip Hamilton, a fifth generation funeral director. While I did not stay for an extended period of time, he and I were able to have a candid dialog regarding end of life events and how to plan for them. He took down some of my information and offered a small packet of materials for me to take home for future reference.
It has been a while, decades, since I visited this funeral home to remember a loved one. I recall way back when, definitely not fond memories, but I always had in the back of my mind that this was a location I would be comfortable with. Tonight I did not tour the facilities, but I hope to at a future date.
If I end up utilizing their services for myself, that’s probably one of the Unilocal reviews I’ll have to leave to someone else to complete. There’s only so much a guy can do!