Daughter’s Obituary for Her Father Becomes Internet Sensation

Amanda Lewis loved her father deeply so when he passed away she wrote a touching obit in his honor. Since it’s publication the tribute has been read by thousands on the internet some even calling it ‘the best obit ever.’ What do you think?

Harry Weathersby Stamps, according to his daughter was a man who ‘despised phonies' loved bacon, women and his 'over-sized old man remote.' He was a Korea war veteran, who taught at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Lewis further writes about her father: ‘He had a life-long love affair with deviled eggs, Lane cakes, boiled peanuts, Vienna [Vi-e-na] sausages on saltines, his homemade canned fig preserves, pork chops, turnip greens, and buttermilk served in martini glasses garnished with cornbread.’

Mr. Stamps loved helping others too. It wasn’t out of character for him to go around his community and help his neighbors in any way he could. But perhaps his greatest love were his girls: ‘He married his main squeeze Ann Moore, a home economics teacher, almost 50 years ago, with whom they had two girls Amanda Lewis of Dallas, and Alison of Starkville. He taught them to fish, to select a quality hammer, to love nature, and to just be thankful. He took great pride in stocking their tool boxes.’

The beloved father particularly hated Day Light Saving Time, calling it ‘Devil’s Time’ - so it wasn’t a surprise to his family when Mr. Stamps passed away the day before. His daughter said: ‘It is not lost on his family that he died the very day that he would have had to spring his clock forward. This can only be viewed as his final protest.’

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