NEW ORLEANS' WOMAN MUMMIFIED AT HER FUNERAL HOLDING BEER AND CIGARETTES

MIRIAM MARIE BURBANK

A 53-year-old New Orleans woman known as party animal amongst her friends and family, was thrown a funeral party that resembled the way she said lived her life.

Miriam Marie Burbank died on June 1 and her two daughters wanted to send their “Mae Mae” home in style.

Together with the Charbonnet Funeral Home, they called up their friends and had her mummified with beer and cigarettes in her hands as the guests danced by her on looking corpse.

With a case of Busch beer by her side, a menthol cigarette in her hand, and a disco ball flashing overhead Miriam Burbank attended her last party. Burbank’s two daughters, who call their mom Mae Mae, said she was full of life and they wanted her funeral to reflect that.

So they told the funeral home directors at Charbonnet Funeral Home what she liked and came up with this. As side from the beer and menthol cigarette, Burbank is sitting at a table in a living room type setting.

Also the Saints lover has her fingernail painted black and gold. Burbank’s daughters said other family members seemed to enjoy this fitting goodbye.

Burbank is not the first New Orleanian to have an unusual send off. 

In April, philanthropist and socialite Mickey Easterling causally sat on an iron bench and greeted guests with champagne and a magnificent hat. They probably could have just held a reception with a picture of Burbank hanging up, but to each their own. 

Take a look at the flicks from the New Orleans funeral party in the gallery below and let us know your thoughts on it in the comments. As Phonte says, it was “Weekend At Bernadette’s.”