Partying even after death

Here are two images that I have embedded in my brain. Both images involve New Orleans legends: Lionel Batiste and Mickey Easterling, and both had their bodies upright and party-ready after departing this life!

Yes, like Roy Roger's horse, you can "stuff" people, too.  I don't know if stuffed is the correct term for these dispositions, but here they both are awaiting the after party: Mr. Batiste, a famous musician, and Mickey Easterling, an infamous socialite and arts sponsor.

I'll let you take in the view; and ponder what awaits you and me.  I certainly hope that there is a huge party on the other side. I don't know if smoking is allowed; Mickey has a cigarette in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. But, who really knows?

The movies and books tell us that, "Heaven is for Real," so maybe there is a smokeless cigarette?
My friend, Dianne, told a story of her two aunts; one who was laid out in her coffin was visited by the surviving 70 plus year old sister. The surviving sister who wore high heels, a tight black dress and held a cigarette holder in her hand, looked down at the deceased and said, "Bitch, you look BAD!"

Here's hoping that we all are standing up and ready for the eternal party with a cocktail in one hand and our dancing shoes still on. As Louis Armstrong sang:
"When I die please bury me in my high top Stetson hat
Put a twenty dollar gold piece on my watch chain
The gang'll know I died standing pat."

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http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2014/04/mickey_easterlings_memorial_se.html