Reports of My Death are Exaggerated

When Donney McClellan sat down with his newspaper, he happened upon an obituary. “He was welding on a manure storage tank when it exploded,” the obit explained, “spreading his ashes from 10 miles south of Pearsall clean up into Cotulla.” Luckily, McClellan was amused when he saw that the obit carried his name and photo. His brothers and sister had placed it in the newspaper to commemorate his 40th birthday. Apparently, this kind of joke is typical of the Pearsall, Texas, family. “The first time I read it, I thought my God, this is in bad taste’,” said Marc Robertson, a reporter at the newspaper which ran the death notice. “But then I saw the name, and I said Aha!’. They are a fun-loving family, and they are often goofing around like this.” (San Antonio Express-News) ...“No more tears now; I will think upon revenge.” —Mary Queen of Scots.