Country Music Songs for a Funeral

Touching Country-Western Memorial Service Musical Tips & Ideas

© Janienne Jennrich

Angel Statue, Photo by Andrew Beierle, SXC.hu

This is a guide to sensitive, loving country songs to be played at a funeral or memorial that can give comfort, time for mourners to say goodbye, and honor the departed.

Country music lovers find special comfort at a funeral or memorial in the touching tones and sensitive sweet words of western music. Funerals services and memorial ceremonies are a healing time when people have a chance to say goodbye to those about whom they care, process their feelings, and make peace with the departing of a special person. To many mourners, the right music can help with all these bereavement issues and more.

Feature sweet country music songs in the memorial services of those who found great pleasure in the honesty and love found in country music tunes, such as a father, grandfather, mother, or some other loved one. All of these songs can be downloaded at a small cost on iTunes or other music download sites or purchased on country music albums at stores.

Sweet Country Songs for a Child's Funeral Service

As tragic as a child's early departing is, lovely and sweet music at the memorial can help comfort loved ones and give family and friends time for reflection and closure. Here are some country music ideas for a young person's funeral service.

Country Music for an Adult Woman's Memorial Ceremony

Country Western Funeral Service Songs for a Man, Young Man, Grandfather

Special Song for the Death of a Soldier

Other Country Style Memorial Songs To Play at any Funeral Service

Other Ideas for Personalizing Music at a Memorial Service

Most of these songs are available for download online, in music stores, or in sheet music form for a keyboardist, musician, choir or soloist singer.

Related articles include Childrens' Funeral Services Music, Uplifting Sensitive Funeral Music, and Uplifting Christian Funeral Music.

Also see Uplifting and Funeral Music and Songs on Squidoo

The author hopes these suggestions for touching music will help bring peace and ease to those who have lost a loved one. Deepest sympathy and wishes for fading pain replaced by happy memories.

Reference Sources

Lyrics from lyrics007

Tears in Heaven: written by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings; performed by Eric Clapton (Eric Clapton Unplugged, 1992 Reprise Records)

Eric Clapton personal reference from Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Some song ideas from heavenlywhitedoves website


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