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Larry Clinton of Bessemer City, North Carolina, [told WBTV](http://www.wbtv.com/story/25148550/man-wants-cremated-remains-in-mayonnaise-jar) that he will put Duke’s Mayonnaise on a “bologna sandwich or banana sandwich, I put it on peaches and pears and cheese.” And he decided he wanted to be buried in a jar of the condiment while at a funeral with his daughter Teresa Clinton-Edge. She then called Duke’s, and they made a special jar with a custom label (see it [here](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/04/mans-last-wish-to-be-buried-in-dukes-mayonnaise-jar/)). “We took the basis of the label and with the swirl on the bottom and put his name in there,” Mark Sauer, Executive Vice President of Duke’s parent company C.F. Sauer, [told ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/04/mans-last-wish-to-be-buried-in-dukes-mayonnaise-jar/). He is not the first person to take an eternal love for a brand to the grave. Earlier this year, an Ohio man was buried atop [his beloved Harley Davidson motorcycle](http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/local-man-to-be-buried-atop-motorcycle/nc7p6/), while in 2008, Fredric Baur, the inventor of the original Pringles can, was buried in one when he died at 89, his eldest son told [TIME.](http://content.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1811730,00.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/50197/this-man-wants-his-cremated-remains-put-in-a-mayo-jar-when-he-dies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/50197/this-man-wants-his-cremated-remains-put-in-a-mayo-jar-when-he-dies/"},"headline":"This Man Wants His Cremated Remains Put in a Mayo Jar When He Dies","datePublished":"2014-04-04T22:00:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:31.049Z","description":"He even puts mayo on peaches and bananas.","url":"https://time.com/50197/this-man-wants-his-cremated-remains-put-in-a-mayo-jar-when-he-dies/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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