Even though it’s morbid, many people envision their own funeral. This includes what their friends and family would say about them in a eulogy, whether or not they’d be cremated, and if their ashes would be poured into a large body of water or buried under a tree or something. This vision of the future where you’ve gone to the proverbial “spirit in the sky” or wherever else you think you go after you die usually doesn’t include what our casket might look like. Who really cares what box our lifeless body resides in, right? We won’t even be around to see it. Well, 94-year-old Suttie Economy cares and he has very specific instructions on what he wants his casket to look like.
Economy doesn’t want a fancy, glossy casket made of rich cherry wood that’s lined with soft silk. The lifelong fan of chewing gum wants to enter the afterlife riding in a casket made to resemble a human-sized pack of Juicy Fruit.
Recently, with only a few years before hits the century mark, Economy finally started thinking about his inevitable death. That’s why he asked permission from the Mars Wrigley Company to have a casket made to look like the iconic chewing gum. Once he got the OK from the brand, he tasked Sammy Oakey, president of Oakey’s Funeral Service, with making his dream a reality.
Economy has been enjoying the juicy, sweet flavor of the aforementioned gum since he was deployed in World War II and it was readily available for servicemen.
Originally, Mars Wrigley said no to Economy, likely not wanting its well-known brand to be associated with death. But, after the funeral home took to Facebook to write about its attempts to make Economy’s dream come true, the brand not only agreed to let him use its likeness, they also sent him 250 packages of his favorite gum. So, while he waits for his casket to be made, there’s a pretty good chance he’ll never run out of his favorite gum.
Let It Go: Why No Beer Festival Is Better Than Any Virtual Beer Festival This Year
Alcohol Education: 10 Mandatory Facts to Know About Bourbons
Visit the Mandatory Shop for great deals on your very own Mandatory merch.
Follow Mandatory on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Weird News 8/11/2020
-
Nude Man Caught Chasing Wild Boar That Stole His Laptop, A Visual That Perfectly Depicts 2020
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Instagram
-
Trump-Approved Doctor Touts Cure for Coronavirus; Watch Out For That Demon Semen, Though
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: YouTube
-
Trump Finally Calls Masks Patriotic 6 Months Later While Wishing Sex Trafficking Pedophile Well, Cancel Culture Says ‘That’s Not How We Cancel Things’
For more weird news. click here.
Photo Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Contributor (Getty Images)
-
24-Year-Old Teacher Writes Her Will Before Returning to School, Trouble Deciding to Whom She Should Leave All Her Potential
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS (Getty Images)
-
Woman Creates Quarantine Barbie and It’s Spot-On 2020
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: @grandmagetsreal (Instagram)
-
Toddler Goes Viral By Turning Himself Into Various Foods On TikTok
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: TikTok
-
Meanwhile in Wyoming: Man Uses Samurai Sword to End Boxing Match with Best Friend
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Laramie Boomerang
-
Rudy Giuliani Disgusted by Yankees Players Taking ‘Disgraceful’ Knee For Black Lives Matter, All This While Creating a Podcast and Going Publicly Insane
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Elsa (Getty Images)
-
Basketball Star Lou Williams Leave NBA Bubble to Go to Funeral (Ends Up at Strip Club Like Any Other Funeral)
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Harry How (Getty Images)
-
Trump Proposes Delaying Election on Twitter, We’d Rather Eat All Our Vegetables at Dinner
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Alex Wong (Getty Images)
-
Meanwhile in Wyoming: Man Confesses to Sexually Assaulting Horses, No Word Yet If It Was Straight to the Horse’s Mouth
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Mathias Ahrens (Getty Images)
-
Spotted! Baboons Wielding Chainsaws and Knives, No Reason to Think Next Few Months Will Escalate
For more weird news, click here.
Photo Credit: Gravity Giant Productions (Getty Images)
