Death On Thanksgiving Argument 

I absolutely agree with Gary. My great grandfather died early Thanksgiving morning. The paramedics came to remove the body and my family continued on with preparing dinner. Yes, we mourned and the tone of the day changed but we still had to eat and that's what he would have wanted us to do.

Still needed to eat and comfort each other

My mother passed on Christmas, we still had Christmas dinner. It was her favorite holiday. We had family coming and they wanted to eat. People bring food when a person passes anyway, so whats the difference Sorry Rickey.

Rickey: I'm not gonna argue with yall Everyone else: but You Started the Argument 😅😅

Rickey, last year my Granny was on her death bed on Thanksgiving. She passed the day after. Continuing with our normal family traditions was the only way our family kept it together. Gary and Brat are absolutely correct

Naw. I'm with Brat and Gary. You can't stop in the middle of cooking the turkey. One thing about our folk. We are not wasting any food/money. The family could have taken over for his mom but you gotta cook. 😂❤

Brat took the idea of wasting food personal.😂

I feel as though that Gary's family knew ,that the Dad was in poor health.so they wasn't surprised

I'm with Gary, its not that they didn't care. But when love ones die, nothing stops.

Special K said I gotta be hungry AND sad?! 😂

My grandmother died on Thanksgiving and we still had Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone was together and that's what she wanted.

Wait a minute! Did anybody notice that the Brat had on a white folding chair earring!! Lolol😂

I agree with Gary. Think about it if it was any other day the mother would have called the family and guess what they would have arrived on a set day to gather and eat and talk and reminisce. It was a blessing in disguise the family was around him.

I Agree… You Gotta Eat🤷🏻‍♀️ Gray Your Family Did The Right Thing🙏🏽 MayYour Dad S.I.P🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽

Dc here, Rickey you know people gotta eat and people coming in for Thanksgiving dinner. It's sad that Gary's father passed on that day, but life goes on. And to keep busy with dinner and have family around gathering to support Mom's while she's cooking dinner. I'm a senior and keeping busy will keep you from crying😭😇🥰🦃🥬🥔🍗❤❤

Cooking kept his momma sane.

Rickey be trippen

I'd be too devastated to eat...but hey to each it's own😂

Rickey will not let this go,I have been listening to this argument for years😂

Thank you for sharing your Morning Show with me Rickey! 👍💯

Ricky knew Brat and Gary were making great points, he just wanted to egg them on to see what they would say. Everybody grieves differently and circumstances surrounding the death also makes a big difference.

Their father would want them to have Thanksgiving. He would not have wanted them to stop the THanksgiving meal.

I just watched an interview you did with Steve Harvey's daughter. I was so moved by your testimony about your son. I've had tragedy after tragedy for at least the last four years. I didn't understand the conversation I was having with GOD , UNTIL. ..... your interview. If you never see my comment, it's ok I pray that you keep talking Mr smiley, some of us really see the honest examples of what HOPE in GOD is through your words.. MY pain is not just about me. Thank you

Damn right Brat!! People out here starving, and Rickey talking crazy bout not eating..wasting food is NOT an option!!

Although, I would have lost my appetite as I do when heavily concerned about others. Yet, I definitely would have continued cooking, grieving, thanking the Lord, and celebrating my loved ones life and ensuring other family members were comforted as well. Time waits for no one and positive survival is about resiliency!💝🙏💐🦋

Agree with Gary… you can mourn and eat . No issue with that. My father passed away in the house on St. Patrick’s Day. Family came over with food for the family.

Sorry Rickey.. I agree with Brat. 🤷🏼‍♀️ The Turkey is already in the oven. Everyone is there.. to comfort each other while their eating. I know it's a little unorthodox.. but it is what it is. Gary's Dad probably would have wanted it that way. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️ Sleep well Rickey 💘xxx

Thats how they coped with the death. Everybody deals with things differently.

I'm sure Gary's father was in heaven saying "Y'all better NOT waste that food!!!"

I wouldn't be able to eat after losing a family member

I agree with Brat his Daddy lived a great life the family was together Celebration of Life

My aunt died after cooking her Thanksgiving dinner. My cousins/her children got together and ate the meal few days later while planning her services❤

My Aunt who raised me passed early morning on Thanksgiving and we still had Thanksgiving gathering.

Who is that sitting behind Maria? DAYUM!!!!!!

Life goes on, but I would have loss my appetite 😳

That's a lot of strength on Gary's families part as well. They probably knew that his father was going to pass any time so they was ready for it and they knew they had to do was call the funeral home

I agree with Brat and Gary. Gary’s dad would probably want the family to still have Thanksgiving dinner together and have great fellowship reminiscing about the good times.

And sometimes it's a way to cope. My aunt died in January. I picked up food and cooked for family and her body was in the bedroom. Those who were hungry ate, those whose appetites were suppresed didn't.

I have to agree with gary, special K, and brat on this one. Yes I know the conversation is divided but I have to agree with those three. Life goes on for God sakes. You don’t waste food.

The family was there together, so I agree that the food should still be prepared. In times such as this, people outside of the family who heard the news would bring food for the family, so not too much of a difference there. OAN, did anyone notice Brat earrings? 😂 love it.

They were in shock and didn't think about what would be proper. Cooking while coping.

Death do not have a certain date, time, month, or a year. Thank God that Gary mother was truly strong woman to know that once he took his last breath, there was nothing more anyone could do. It’s sad but when things are not in your control, you turn it over to God because there was nothing else they could do. His father had transitions into Heaven. The End. Mr Smiley if you die on Thanksgiving Day you will not be in that body to know what someone else is doing…Lol you just like having fun with people❤💯💯🦅🦅✝️

Brat and Gary , what they said made perfect sense to me JS. 🤷🏽‍♀️😋💯‼️

Right Gary!! My grandpa passed on Easter Sunday 2016 and we still had Easter dinner.

Y’all know Rickey crazy as hell 😂😂😂😂😂😂

❤❤❤love love the commentary. Thanks for the laughs

We all there lets eat and talk that's probably what he would want them to do.

They are ready knew he was going to pass. But no they should not have to stop cooking, because they are celebrating life together and that is what Thanksgiving is about. People grieve in the own way but better together than separately sometimes.

I do remember a distant family member that had very bad cancer died after everyone ate and they called the ambulance to get the body and everyone was sad, but later on ppl ate some more of that good thanksgiving food. It's sad but Life does go on.

No Ricky Smiley, you're getting it wrong! When a love one dies, the family & very close friends of that family, *"in mourning their lost love one",* pay their respects to this individual by going on with their life & at the same time celebrating & sharing joyous *"Life"* memories of the now deceased individual, rather their bodies are still in the house are not! 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

That’s really the time to have some food. People are coming to give their condolences. Neighbor, family and friends are stopping by. Brat, I see the chair earrings.

I agree with them you got to finish preparing the food. That’s a time for the family to be there for one another especially since the Dad just passed!

That's right, life goes on. They are gone. They know and don't Care. You are not Promised the next day. ❤❤❤

Put the turkey back in the frig 😂

Y,all cra,cra,l fell out laughing,,,,😂😂😂

I'm with Brat & Gary, We are all together. We have each other to lean on and grieve together. Food is the best comfort with family. My Auntie died during Family Reunion. Should we have stopped the reunion ceremonies?? Nope, cause that's where she wanted us to be, together while she went to be with her sibling at their reunion @ 92yrs of age!!😇😇

I’m our family when someone passes, we’d be cooking anyway for the people coming over to pay respects.

Maybe Gary's dad didn't mind at all, he probably was waiting for the rest of the family to arrive and God has other plans. So the family celebrate his life and enjoy the food giving thanks. And planned for the funeral service few days later, ..... the dead has no place among the living and wasting or not eating will not bring the daed back to life. There is a time and season for all things.

It’s a difference when you are old and pass naturally as opposed to being unaliving unnaturally. You’d rather go sit in a dark room all day and mourn than eat?? Yeah you be hungry alone.

I agree with Rickey, if someone died in my family on Thanksgiving or any holiday that would be a sad 😥day

Ricky maybe they use cooking and gathering to mourn. Especially if it was an expected death and his mom probably was prepared for it

I feel because his father passed on Thanksgiving, and they all was preparing the dinner they needed to keep busy. So their focus would be on the gathering and not on his death. Because you suppose to celebrate the life of his father not mourn the dead.

I agree with Gary, Brat❤

No his mum is priority his dad would want everything with family.Brutal conversation.

And they can also have some left overs for the visitors and maybe for the repass. And they can discuss pass happy thanksgiving moments

Ppl grieve differently. I wouldn't be able to eat if my kids passed. However if it was someone else I would. But when you go to the funeral service ppl eat after the service so it's all the same.

People grieve differently. So I think some expect others to react the way they would. #2 - Life goes on. The dinner was being prepared, people flying in... everything doesn't stop because of one. People still need to eat... whether they prepare their own, get take out.... or eat a Thanksgiving meal that was already prepared. The latter makes sense.

That’s right Brat 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Its customary when lovedones pass away that people come to the house and bring food the same day of the death and into the week and after the week of the death. With that being said it was very good to continue with the Thanksgiving to help with the grief

Absolutely finish the meal . Why waste the food. People eat while grieving. Ricky knows if he was in the middle of cooking he would finish it or get someone else to do it

This is an extremely personal topic to discuss on the radio, couldnt be me lol.. Rickey we know too much about Gary's family issues, I hope he okay with talking about this for real..

What’s crazy is that the food seems to be more important than their deceased family. Don’t waist the damn food!!😫😫😫. I wouldn’t be in no damn mood to cook nor eat! That’s why people bring food, casseroles, cakes & pies to the family.

People grieve differently.

Our family would have ate too.

That's true im wit brat we still gotta eat lol lol

Like the ol saying the Show must go on

They still gotta eat Ricky😅😅

Maybe finishing the food helped with the grieving process. Also not to mention HUNDREDS of dollars worth of food. Soul Food is expensive! 😂❤

Thanksgiving is a pagan holiday anyway, it's just a day of eating together.

Well....nothing could of been to bring him back especially if he was sick.

Everyone processes grief differently. They had to eat though.

How you separate the grieving from the gravy 🧐🤔

It's a personal choice. Some might be too upset, some might can handle. Everyone handles death differently.

My father wasted everything one holiday. All the food because of an emergency hospital visit,

I'm with Ricki. I would have lost my appetite, especially if there's a deceased body in the home.

It really doesn’t make sense for them to stop cooking. When someone loses a loved one, sometimes the first thing we ask them is how can we help them make it through the day. Which is usually by brining them food or helping do tasks they probably can’t do because of the grief. So if the Turkey is already baking why would you take it out? That’s actually a good sign, that ppl are working through their grief in a healthy manner. Ppl losing their appetites is not a good thing. Lol I’m witchu Gary.

People still eat whenever someone pass away and family were coming over too. Grieve together and make sure you eat.

Child you can't be upset on an empty.

Thats a wild story omg. Is ricky tryna be a therapist lol

I agree with Gary you got too eat

Naaaaw. Nope. Dead body rolling out the front door STOPS the food celebration at least for THAT DAY

I'm With Brat On This. No Sense In Wasting A Whole Turkey 🦃.

Gary’s father probably would have wanted his fam to continue wit TG dinner just put turkey n oven cook three or four hours some ppl wants dealth as a celebration when they pass over ❤

I totally agree with Gary and DaBrat!!

Death has no regard for holidays. When it's your appointed time to leave this life, it's what it is. While I'm sure Gary's family was likely sad, they know that even though his father's life had ended, theirs did not. They still had to go on. But, I think something everybody may not have considered is that Rickey probably felt the way he did is because he's still mourning the loss of his son Brandon. That would explain to some extent his sensitivity on the subject. No one was wrong in this discussion. Everyone had a legitimate argument.

I agree maybe Dad had been sick for a while and they knew what was going to happen. They were prepared for it

Thanksgiving is every day because every day we should be thankful. Maybe people see things differently you can mourn but if you know that the person who passed loved and believed in God it should be a celebration because they went to heaven and you will see them again. That’s how I look at it. My uncle passed two days before thanksgiving we didn’t cook or anything. I bought food to take to my aunts house because no one brought food where we gathered. So some people are different if that makes sense

WOW! this was kinda strange! I know someone that died on thanksgiving and their thanksgiving was horrible!

I don't think it was a sudden death. Maybe they was expecting the dad to die. They was mentally prepared.

The family gets together after the funeral and eat. All they did was eat before the funeral.