Five Uplifting Funeral Songs that Turn a Funeral into a Celebration of Life

The following songs have uplifting lyrics that may relate to the life that your loved one led.

 1. One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey Featuring Boyz II Men

This song  uplifts the spirit with a chorus of  “and I know eventually we’ll be together, one sweet day.” This may bring some peace as family and friends grieve.

Top Ten Country Funeral Songs

Read below for the top ten funeral country songs, complete with our favorite lyrics and suggestions for songs that might be appropriate for a funeral for a mother, a sister, a young person, a grandparent, or a dad.

1) Holly Dunn – Daddy’s Hands

Daddy’s Hands is a wonderful country song for a daughter that is planning a memorial service for her father. Lyrics from Holly Dunn’s popular country funeral song are featured above.

 

Top 10 Country Funeral Songs for 2011

Last year, we told you about the top 10 funeral songs according to the visitors to our website.  Now we want to share with you the Top Ten Country Funeral Songs that people have downloaded from our interactive page at Country Funeral Songs.  Visit our page to hear a large selection of funeral country songs and read the lyrics.

How Dan Wheldon’s Funeral Was Turned into a Celebration of his Life – Good Ideas to inspire you

Dan Wheldon's Celebration of Life

I thought you might gleam some ideas of how they turned Dan Wheldon’s funeral into a celebration of his life. As you probably know, Dan Wheldon was an English race car driver. He was the 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series champion, and winner of the Indianapolis 500 in both 2005 and 2011. Wheldon died from injuries shortly after a collision at the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on 16 October 2011, at the age of 33.
There were several elements of his celebration of life that may help you create a few ideas of your own as you go about planning a celebration of life.

Top 10 Funeral Songs

The following songs are the most popular funeral songs that are listed by Next Gen Memorials. We have tracked over the last year which songs are most often purchased by people looking for songs for a funeral. Most of the songs are contemporary, and many of them are about angels, which are a popular theme for a funeral.

To see the entire list, visit Funeral Songs at Next Gen Memorials where you can also hear the songs and read the lyrics of each one.  Click on the link for each song to hear it and read the lyrics.

Angel – by Sarah McLachlan
This song is very modern and beautiful. The main lyric:
“You’re in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here”