Author King Duncan tells about a young man he met in the small town of Maryville, TN.  Duncan had just finished speaking to a group on the healing power of humor. This young man came up to him to tell him about the death of his brother. 

There were three brothers in their family. The family was quite involved in this small community and so, as youngsters, these three brothers were forced to accompany their parents to the funeral home for the receiving of friends whenever someone in the community died. 

As the boys grew into their teen years, they began to develop biases about funerals.  For example, there was one floral display that all three of them detested. Anyone…