A $1.2 million "bling-bling" funeral?

I know that having a funeral can be expensive, but apparently one funeral operator in Jamaica has taken it to the extreme. Tommy Thompson, chief executive officer of Brite Lite Funeral Services, offers funerals that celebrate a person's passing with:

• bumper stickers
• colored T-shirts
• buttons
• helium balloons
• glass coffins
• chariots
• stretch limousines

The last three items are part of his "bling-bling" funeral, which costs $1.2 million. Thompson explained his reasoning to the Jamaica Gleaner:

'I was in Miami thinking about everything in my life, when God spoke to me, saying that death was to be celebrated. As a man of Christian faith, I took the message very seriously,' he claimed.

Thompson is said to have revolutionized the funeral industry in Jamaica.