""It was my choice. This is how practical you become in sudden grief - we had the venue booked, the caterers, everyone was off work... it made sense.""
""I promised him I was going to walk him down the aisle on that day, so I felt a duty to do it.""
""It had to be something as big as a wedding, which a funeral is, to take up that much time and space in my brain and to occupy me that day. It was the most beautiful and worst day of my life.""
""It was so beautiful that so many people turned up for my boy.""
Jaymi Hensley decided to have his fiancée Olly Marmon's funeral on the same day as their planned wedding date after Marmon's tragic death. Hensley explained that the decision was practical, as the venue and caterers were already arranged. He felt a duty to honor Marmon by walking him down the aisle on that day. Hensley wanted to avoid being alone and found that a funeral could occupy his mind similarly to a wedding. The turnout at the funeral deeply moved him, highlighting Marmon's impact on others.
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