Letter: Funeral procession rudely disrupted

Profound lack of respect shown along Mountain Road

Editor:

Under normal circumstances I generally wouldn't write an editorial, BUT this one is so needed. Whatever happened to being respectful on our roads when a funeral procession is in progress?

On Saturday, June 9, we were saddened because we were burying my Dad, Sam Mullins. As if this isn't already an upsetting experience in itself, it was complicated by the outright ignorance and total lack of respect for the deceased, his family, his friends and the staff of McComas in Abingdon.

What started out as "normal" quickly became a furious event as the actions of non-caring, disrespectful, and downright ignorant drivers began to unfold. While traveling north on Mountain Road toward Highview Cemetery in Fallston, we were passed illegally on the shoulder of the road by several vehicles; how rude and disgraceful. Then, to top all that ignorance, a black pick-up truck came flying up the road, passing multiple cars at a single time until during one pass in a NO PASSING ZONE, he met oncoming traffic causing them to run off the road to avoid a high speed head on collision.

Sounds bad? Well, it gets worse. This same black truck squeezed in between the McComas hearse and the pick-up truck that was transporting my Dad's coffin; how utterly appalling. At some point in your asinine behavior, you had to realize there was a reason for the headlights, flashers, funeral tags, a hearse and a truck hauling a coffin, but you NEVER showed any remorse, shame on each and every one of you for being so downright disrespectful of the Mullins family and their friends.

All I've got to say is: God don't like UGLY. I'll pray for you all to realize the wrong you did that day. You can never take away all the hurt you caused our family but maybe you can all grow-up and be respectful to any funeral processions you encounter in the future.

Barbara Meadows

Bel Air