A Eubank, Kentucky, man who died this month got a rip-roaring but heartfelt final tribute from his son in an obituary that mentions his beer drinking, love of fried food, women and Mustangs — and that he will only be “moderately missed.”
“I wrote it to point out some of the memories that I have of my father,” Rocky Loveless of Arizona City, Arizona, told Fox News Digital. “And I wrote it to, you know, make my family and some of his friends laugh.”
“I never knew that people all over the world would relate or could relate,” he added.
“A lot of them were like, ‘Hey, I didn’t even know this guy and I moderately miss him already.’”
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“I think the only person who would not have been surprised about the whole thing is him,” Rocky Loveless said, “because he knows what type of personality I have. He knows I really don’t have much of a filter, which I’m OK with. He was also really open-minded and I think the overall reception of this has been really positive.”
He added, “Why mourn a death when you can celebrate a life?”
This is cool. My Dad…King of Rears, King of the Trailer Park. https://t.co/tGufyLm4g9
— Rocky Loveless (@RamboCat1983) June 16, 2023
James Loveless worked in the restaurant business, Rocky Loveless said, managing a steakhouse and owning several restaurants throughout his career.
He also cooked for his neighbors and friends.
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“On many occasions in life, James was seen in his backyard at the trailer park during the early hours of the morning, hammering beers, standing over country-style ribs,” the obituary reads, as “his party guests were slurring remarks about needing to speed up his cooking style.”
“Why mourn a death when you can celebrate a life?”
— Rocky Loveless
“People loved to be around him,” Rocky Loveless told Fox News Digital.
“He wasn’t super flamboyant or super loud. Well, the later it got, the louder he got — and then that included his AC/DC and Ozzy Osborne. Actually, it also included him. It wasn’t like a belligerent loud, it was like a joyful loud. He was the life of the party.”
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“My mom and my dad got divorced when I was two,” he said. “There was a time where we didn’t really see [my dad] a whole lot, but he definitely sent the message that he loved me and my twin brother. No matter how hard he partied, he worked just as hard and he always met his responsibilities.”
Rocky Loveless of Arizona, pictured here, wrote a humorous obituary to honor his father, James Loveless. The notice of death mentioned James Loveless’ love of beer, cooking and more. (Rocky Loveless)
But in the obituary, Rocky Loveless quipped that there may have been a few things his dad loved as much as his family.
There’s also a long list of guestbook comments on the funeral home’s webpage where Loveless’ obituary is featured, the station reported on June 20.
Cremains of my Dad, Wrangler, Sultan, Titan, King draped in a Crown Royal bag. RIP Dad. Happy Father’s Day. https://t.co/Xnh3nVg7C3 pic.twitter.com/K8Q1kp63jq
— Rocky Loveless (@RamboCat1983) June 18, 2023
Rocky Loveless said he does not think his dad would not be offended by what some might consider an inappropriate account of a person’s life.
“I think he would be like, ‘Hey, where’s the case of Busch? Who’s got the barbecue sauce?'” he added. “I think he’d be ready to have fun and celebrate.”
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Rocky Loveless said someone made a comment that, from the obituary, it appeared his father wasn’t a good role model for the younger generation.
He disagrees, however.