Funeral pictures part1

[Jim Bryant]

Got an assignment to cover the funeral services for Arthur Steele. Steele was a fixture in Kingston, Wa., when it was a much smaller, different place. For decades he worked at the ticket booth, and got to know just about everyone in town. He died recently, and his funeral had a memorable tribute - he was taken to the cemetery in a horse-drawn carriage. As you can see, it made for some pretty good pictures.

[Jim Bryant]

Here's the remaining pictures.

[pjflan7]

That must have been one slow procession in that 3rd shot...wow....

[Jim Bryant]

Yea....took about 50 minutes to go a few miles. So, I was able to get a variety of procession shots from different vantage points along the road. I had cars passing the procession, but when I saw the cyclists I knew I had the shot.

[lindyannajones]

He worked the ticket booth? I will have to read into the story but he must have touched the lives of people in a pretty amazing way to have received funeral honors like this, including your great photos. These will be photos for his family to treasure.

[mymaison97]

Is that his widow in the last series? Very sweet/sad shot. Lovely tribute to him.

[WVCoalMiner]

Originally Posted by pjflan7

That must have been one slow procession in that 3rd shot...wow....

The bicyclist is outrunning the horses.

Nice shots Jim I hope that many people line up for me when I die Awwww who am I kidding it will be a one car procession LOL

[Jim Bryant]

lindyannajones - Yes, he worked the ticket book. before they had ticket booths, he wore an apron like thingie to hold the bills, a coin changer around his waist and tore tickets off a roll.
Really amazing man.
mymaison97 - yes, it is his wife.

[m.c.adams]

I agree with mymaison, the shot of the flag presentation is very good. Your getting pretty good at this picture taking thing.
Mark

[Jim Bryant]

After all the years of missing the shot, I finally got it right