Thousands of New Orleanians passed through Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral Home on Thursday, July 19, to pay their last respects to “Uncle” Lionel Batiste, who was – well, “lying in state” wouldn’t exactly be an appropriate description, since the body of the former Treme Brass Band drummer and co-founder was displayed standing, proudly, upright.
The family had requested mourners not take photos of the unusual event.
Of course, that request is as difficult to police as comedian Kevin Hart’s decree during Essence Fest that no tweets be sent during his performance, and many snapshots of the funeral home’s interior turned up on Twitter and Facebook on Thursday night.
Angry fans and friends of Batiste took to the sites to call out the rule-thwarters, and one spirited thread, since deleted, turned up on WWOZ’s Facebook page after the station re-posted the Times-Picayune’s photographs of the funeral. (Times-Picayune staff photographer Chris Granger received permission from the Batiste family to shoot the viewing.)
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