Cloey Callahan reports in the Times Union about the obituary that went viral across the nation this week that was written by a man from Prattsville, in Greene County. Andy Corren submitted electronically the obituary from the Fellow Mountain Café in Hunter to the Fayetteville Observer about his mother Renay Mandel Corren. “A plus-sized Jewish lady redneck died in El Paso on Saturday,” the obituary began, hinting at what was to come. “Renay lied a lot,” a later section read. “But on the plus side, Renay didn’t cook, she didn’t clean, and she was lousy with money, too.” The obituary also praised his mother for “dyeing her red roots, weekly manicures, dirty jokes, pier fishing, rolling joints and buying dirty magazines,” In a few days, the obituary had been shared, quoted, and liked by thousands of people all over the country. “How I write comes from a centered, daily practice,” said Corren, who described himself in the obit as his mother’s “favorite son, the gay one who writes catty obituaries in his spare time.” Corren said he doubted that the newspaper would publish the obituary, and did not think it would go viral. He had to go to Hunter to send the obituary because of the lack of internet service in Prattsville. “I lived there during the dark days of the pandemic until now,” Corren said of Prattsville. “It’s been a tremendous blessing in my life. I love Greene County.” Read more about this story in the Times Union.