GTL Motorcycle Hearse Service

10/17/2023

Dia de Los Murtos
November 2, 2023
4-8 pm
Seguin Central Park

06/18/2022

As Father’s Day is tomorrow, I remember my father and the time we had together, and the honor of taking him to his final resting place.

11/27/2020

Have a Plan!!!

Everlasting Vacation Shower (Help me think of a new or better Name)
Your Mom and Dad had a Baby Shower for you before you were born!!! How great is that, I will be having a shower of sorts. While talking to a Good Friend (also a Nurse) she had a question for me.

WHY? Why do we find it so hard to let go?
I don't have that answer, but when we sit down for our Everlasting Vacation Shower we will go over what that should look like for our Family. Its ok to let go!!! When my Mom died when I was just 11 years old our church family said, its sad, its hard, its ok to cry and Miss Her BUT she is in a better place, Streets of Gold and such.

Her question revolved around why do we let the Doctors not spend a little time talking about End Of Life, and that it is OK to stop heroic treatments. CPR will almost always cause rib fractures on our 90 year old bodies, and when we are being treated for numerous medical conditions at that age any of which could cause our death at any day... WHY?

TALK to your family let them know your thoughts, Let the lawyers and Doctors what you have discussed, Living Wills, DNR orders, Medical Power of Attorneys, Advanced Directives, its a lot to talk about. And Yes what do we do when we do Pass?

For me we have talked about that part, A Viewing and Visitation, that works don't forget to embalm me!! The basic wood Coffin with rope handles Like Dad had that works. A ride to that final resting place in a Motorcycle Hearse by all means. And No if the Doctor said I have stage 4 anything and nothing can be done, then no need to break my ribs before the embalmer gets to me.

11/05/2020

Again, it has been a minute that I have stopped by and posted anything. (Its not too Long)

So, 2020 what a crazy year it has been, who would have ever thought there would be a toilet paper shortage NOT ME. COIVID-19 the corona virus what the heck was that about. So after 24 years of being a Medic, and now a Funeral Director Embalmer, and yes a Motorcycle Hearse driver this has a direct effect on my day to day activities.
What I have learned the last 5 years is you are never ready to meet the Funeral Director, but they are there to help you navigate the process of celebrating the life of your loved one, so lean on them and let them help, lean on your friends and Family, when they say what can I do, give them your list!!! If they didn't want to help they would have just sent you a card, LET THEM HELP.
Something else that happens everyday, I meet with families making final arrangements, some are a little easier because they have a pre-need funeral plan in place, and some are even fully funded. Some have a plan and that is a BIG help.
2020 has been a Giant Monkey Wrench in our lives this year, and it has hit some a little harder than others, one thing we can learn from this is HAVE A PLAN. Have the Talk of a Lifetime, if you are lucky enough to be around friends and Family during the holidays have the Talk. or get on a Zoom call, with those you love and let them know what those plans are...
TWO things, First Direct cremation is a thing, it allows for the disposition of the remains(the body) it DOES NOT allow for the disposition of the grief, for that you need to come together and share those memories and stories of your loved ones. So yes it may leave the process settled so your family does not have to worry about it?? But it does not serve the same purpose that a funeral does, there is still a reason we still have funerals and have not contracted with Amazon to provide for the disposition of our Earthly remains.
Second nd this is for the KIDS, don't say "I don't want to talk about that" talking about it will not prevent it from happening, and it will NOT cause it to happen. So when Mom and Dad comes to you and says, "Here is what I was thinking" LISTEN TO THEM. Help them, you may have some resources they might have thought of, you may be able to help them with a bigger down payment on their service, you may not like their choice of caskets... neon yellow is not a color, you may be able to help them shop around, you may know someone who knows someone.
Sorry it got a little Long feel free to share, copy and past, or repost or what ever you need to help folks "HAVE THE TALK"

12/06/2019

This month has started out really busy, We are so very proud that we we have been able to serve the families that have called, and will do our very best to serve all that call.
Thank you all, for all of the new likes that our friends have invited. We are honored to be a part of your Loved Ones Celebration of Life.

Steven and Krisanna

09/16/2018

Sooner or Later. Just one more hour one more month one more year, but it never seems to work out the way. Today we (I) laid to rest our Dad, Calvin W. Bradley he always said just throw me in the back of the Pick Up and cover me up. He almost got his wish but no way was I going to chance the coffin getting soaked with a chance of rain. So we loaded him up in the Motorcycle Hearse and we drove him to his final resting place. He didn’t want the big fancy funeral so we had a nice grave side service in Abernathy Texas, there were quite a few folks slowed down and took a picture of him on his way to the cemetery. I am sure he got a kick out of that. With his six kids as per Moms direction we lowered his coffin into the ground, from earth we came and earth we shall return. Everyone had the opportunity to help cover the grave just like the good ol days.

07/01/2017

WOW, It has been a very busy 2 weeks celebrating our Family's Loved Ones life with a Last Ride. We are very thankful to all of you have trusted us to honor your Loved Ones in our care. It's not just for the biker life, we have been to Austin to Honor a Harley enthusiast, Alpine to celebrate the life of a hard working mechanic, Houston for the Final Ride for a Biker Brother, back to Houston today for the farewell of a good ol Country Boy. It really is for everyone one that wants a Celebration to be remembered , "They won't remember the casket you were buried in, but they damn sure will remember how it got there"

12/20/2016

Great News another truck is coming, they will be ready to unload and lay Tomorrow Tuesday Dec 20th at 1000, that's 1000 am for the civilians in the crowd hope you can make it out.

12/09/2016

Some dates and times for Wreaths Across America at Ft Sam Houston:
Unload date.......16 Dec Approx 10:00 am
In the VERY back of the cemetery

Ceremony date......17 Dec. 11:00 am sharp place wreaths after ceremony, please be patient it is going to be BIG this year.

Come early to get parked, really early or be prepared to park at the golf coruse

Clean up date......21 Jan. 17 8:30 am
More to come about this!!!!!

11/18/2016

ONLY 10 Days left to sponsor a Wreath for Ft Sam Houston National Cemetery.

Please check-out our Wreaths Across America page and click 'Donate' to place a wreath on a veterans grave on December 17th. ALSO, please share this page with your friends, so we can get closer to our goal of coverage every veteran grave in the United States. Thank you so much for supporting this won...

06/21/2016

Let's cover Ft Sam Houston.

Please check-out our Wreaths Across America page and click 'Donate' to place a wreath on a veterans grave on December 17th. ALSO, please share this page with your friends, so we can get closer to our goal of coverage every veteran grave in the United States. Thank you so much for supporting this won...