--- description: Man wants to be buried in a Duke's Mayonnaise jar when he dies. title: This Man Wants to Be Buried in a Mayo Jar image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Man Wants His Cremated Remains Put in a Mayo Jar When He Dies  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 4, 2014 10:00 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 4, 2014 10:00 PM CUT A 67-year-old man loves mayonnaise so much that he wants to be buried in a jar of it when he dies. Larry Clinton of Bessemer City, North Carolina, [told WBTV](http://www.wbtv.com/story/25148550/man-wants-cremated-remains-in-mayonnaise-jar "undefined") 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/ "undefined")). “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/ "undefined"). 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/ "undefined"), 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 "undefined") ```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. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/50197/this-man-wants-his-cremated-remains-put-in-a-mayo-jar-when-he-dies/","name":"This Man Wants His Cremated Remains Put in a Mayo Jar When He Dies"}}]}] ```