Honoring a Deceased Loved One

Re: Honoring a Deceased Loved One

• prncsz member

  

  October 2011 edited December 2011

  We planned to have pictures of those who passed on placed on a stand at the church with a memorial candle in front of them. We didn't end up doing it (people forgot to put them up.) Both of our grandparents and his aunt.

  

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• MrsBoss2012

  

  October 2011 edited December 2011

  1.Bouquet- My lily bouquet will honor my grandmother. Her name was Lily. I wish I had some pearls or something from my great-grandma because I would pin those on the bouquet also.
  2. Leave a chair open in the front row and place a flower on it.
  3. I even thought of maybe naming tables after the deceased loved ones but thought that might be too heavy, for my family at least.  
  4.I went to a wedding recently and during the reading, someone read the names of the grandparents and mentioned how they are smiling down on them. Something to that affect.

  

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• egammo3

  

  October 2011 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_honoring-deceased-loved-one?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:400Discussion:b2ec7118-b948-4843-be3f-3225976f8becPost:61cf5f18-cf65-4959-a97d-06594a64eb65">Re: Honoring a Deceased Loved One</a>:
  [QUOTE]We planned to have pictures of those who passed on placed on a stand at the church with a memorial candle in front of them. We didn't end up doing it (people forgot to put them up.) Both of our grandparents and his aunt.
  Posted by prncsz[/QUOTE]
  
  Prncsz, this is exactly what I wanted to do. I though about the idea of placing a rose on the seat, but my church has pews and no one would be able to see it.

  

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• tychandler member

  

  October 2011 edited December 2011

  I carried a necklace that belonged to my brother with my bouquet and I wore a pin that belonged to my aunt on my dress.

  

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• w0261411 member

  

  October 2011 edited December 2011

  We're have a daughter that's deceased so we're gonna incorporate her along with our other children in the sand ceremony and place a picture of her there.

  So nice, we're doing it twice!!!

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• mahoganieyes

  

  October 2011 edited December 2011

  I did these for our deceased loved ones
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
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• 2010Bride2be

  

  October 2011 edited December 2011

  We honored DH's deceased father with a memorial candle that he and his mom lt once she was escorted down the aisle. Also, there was a small paragraph in the program describing the meaning of the memorial candle and what it was for.

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• MrsJenrette

  

  October 2011 edited December 2011

  FI's mother is deceased and to honor her we're going to have a framed picture of her and a memorial candle will be lit by thier oldest child (his sister) after my mother is walked down the aisle and seated.
  

  

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• mlewis85 member

  

  October 2011 edited December 2011

  I'm going to have a small picture of my daughter on my bouquet.  It will also be wrapped in pearls since that would have been her birthstone.  FH will have a pearl boutanier too. 
  
  We designated her color as purple (her nursery and all her clothes were purple) so it's one of our wedding colors and we will also have purple unity candles during the ceremony.

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• egammo3

  

  October 2011 edited December 2011

  Thank you all for your suggestions I love the idea of memorial candles!

  

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