Dead man banned from his own funeral after arriving on chair

 Che Lewis, a 29-year-old who was shot and killed in Trinidad and Tobago, faced stiff opposition at a church when he arrived sitting on a chair, not lying in a coffin, according to the Sun.

The body of Lewis — who was gunned down with his father, Adlay Lewis, in their home — was embalmed in a sitting position and placed on a chair for his last ride before being buried, the outlet reported.

Decked out in a pink jacket and white pants, Lewis stopped people dead in their tracks as the surreal procession made its way through the capital of Port of Spain to St. John the Evangelist Church in the nearby town of Diego Martin.

But when he arrived, staff members reportedly denied him entry to his own funeral — leaving him sitting outside as some people apparently criticized him for not wearing a mask, not realizing that he wasn’t breathing.

The funeral was eventually streamed online, but some viewers did not realize Lewis was sitting on a chair, according to the Sun.

The owner of Dennie’s Funeral Home — whose motto is “Every life is unique therefore every funeral should be unique” — described how Lewis ended up on the chair.

“The family requested it, but it was something we had on our bucket list to do so when the request came it wasn’t foreign to us because we are aware of funerals like that abroad,” Dennie told Loop News, the Sun reported.

“We had him by us for three days to monitor how he was doing in the chair before we took it public,” he said.

Police officer Brent Batson told the Trinidad Express: “We are disappointed in the reckless behavior engaged by Dennie’s Funeral Home.

“Carrying persons in a dangerous manner is an offence with a £750 penalty and the police will continue the investigation into the funeral company’s conduct on the road,” he said.

Lewis was ultimately placed in a casket for burial along with his dad.

His brother Abisaja John, 45, also was shot dead in the family home on July 24.

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