He was a dead ringer for him. Literally.

Funeral home brings wrong casket to funeral
Family learns about mix-up after two-hour viewing, postpones service
AP

PHILADELPHIA - The blue suit and black boots were right, but mourners at a retired trucker's funeral suspected they were gazing at the wrong man.

Some friends and family members kissed the body, despite whispers that something seemed amiss.

After a two-hour viewing Tuesday, the funeral home came clean: It had brought in the wrong casket to the church.

After the revelation, neither Kenneth "Tex" Roberts' family nor the body were in any shape for a final farewell, so the service was postponed.

"They tried to make us believe that it was him. I was so sure that it wasn't," widow Janie Holsey, 62, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "But ... I've never handled anybody that died."

The man in the casket looked older and taller than Roberts, an 80-year-old Army veteran known for his playful spirit and eagerness to lend a hand.

Holsey insists that she questioned the funeral home.

"I know he didn't look like that," Holsey said. "It was a fiasco ... a nightmare."

After looking at that photo, I would have been confused into thinking that lady was the dead one. She looks like one of the zombie dancers from the 'Thriller' video. That's a mean thing to say, but it's true. This has got to feel like a kick in the gut for them though. I think the idea of kissing a dead body is gross anyway, even if you knew the person. Mix in the fact that its just some random dude and you've got yourself a recipe for a bad funeral.