pallbearer

After Kennedy’s assassination, Whittaker was a pallbearer at the funeral in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Whittaker caught a flight to L.A. and was at the senator’s hospital bedside when he died and then served as a pallbearer at the funeral.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

If she is asked to help at a service, she is often the only female pallbearer - but recently, at one funeral, there were four women working.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023

Kara-Murza had been a friend of Sen. John McCain and was a pallbearer at his 2018 funeral.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

I also didn’t know what “it” was, but sort of put two and two together and guessed it had something to do with whatever a pallbearer was.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds

The band kept playing as the pallbearers trudged onward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025

It was lifted by pallbearers and carried into the church.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

But five months later, Davy Kirkwood, an audio engineer and one of the pallbearers at Dio’s funeral, also died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2024

Ten Hag and other Twente players were pallbearers at Scharmin's funeral and the United manager has a day of mourning on 7 June every year.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024

There was the low murmuring of a priest as the pallbearers began to lower the coffin from their shoulders.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin