In November this year, Brittany Johnson-Webster was reading the local newspaper when she noticed something odd.
There, in the middle of the obituaries, was her own name.
The Missouri woman soon realised she was reading her own obituary and that people thought she was dead.
The obituary read: “Brittany finished her story on October 27, 2018. She was called to meet all the loving animal babies on the other side of the rainbow”.
Brittany later discovered her own mother had told people she had died in a car crash and had held a memorial service for her at the Ferguson Heights Church of Christ on November 10.
The service, which was attended by members of the local community, consisted of a sermon, speeches and a repast. Placed around the church were huge, blown up photos of Brittany.
“They had pictures of me blown up into posters that said ‘Rest in peace Brittany’, and my aunt eventually had obtained one of the obituaries and sent pictures of it,” Brittany told TV station WTSP.
“I was kind of stunned. It was a whole rush of emotions.”
Brittany currently lives three hours away from where her mother held the funeral and she was raised by her grandparents.
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It’s a shame she didn’t find out about the memorial beforehand. She could have had a true soap opera moment, and turned up halfway through in dark glasses and a big hat, and done a dramatic reveal in front of everyone! What a piece of work her mother is, poor girl was obviously better off with her grandparents.
It may sound macabre - but I'd love to hang around long enough in the ether to hear my own eulogy