July 20, 2011 6:05:29 PM EDT
Mr. Philips froze to death sitting against a tree. The country undertaker, even after thawing out Mr. Philips, could not keep the body lying down. He finaly drilled small holes in the bottom of the coffin and with string tied Mr Philips down by the upper torso and ankles.
The funeral was going good untill closing hymn when the string broke and Mr. phillips sat straight up. The sherriff who had stepped out to coordinate the proccetion to the cemmetary was suprised to see folks running out the doors and crawling out the windows of the old church, and fleeing into the fields and woods.