[ EU ] A Eulogy for Uncle Phil , from the perspective of one of the Fresh Prince characters

The room is silent, heads are bowed in sorrow as Phillip Banks lays in his coffin, passed on too early. 
 
 `` Would anyone care to say a few words about Phil?'' the voice comes out. The minister presiding over had finished his eulogy for the late judge and the floor was now open to Phil's loved ones to receive some closure for their departed friend and family member. From the silence a voice rings out. 
 
 `` Yeah, I'll say somethin.'' It was Will. As he got up and made his way to the front, it was clear that he was different. He was dressed in a suit, without any sort of flair that would make you think of the Fresh Prince. His air of confidence was replaced with something different, his strut had become a walk, the eyes once filled with happiness and joy were filled with sorrow. He reached the podium, more nervous than anyone had ever seen him. Will looked like he could break down any second. Everyone understood how he felt. It was how everyone else felt also. 
 
 `` Uncle Phil was, he was a good guy. We had our differences, mostly in the waist, you know what I'm sayin?'' the joke generated a few polite chuckles, but nothing more. `` But no, for real, Uncle Phil was a good man. He took me in when I was young, showed me how to live my life right. We butted heads at times, but he was always there for me, and that's, uh, that's what counts.'' Tears welled up in his eyes as he recalled all that his uncle had done for him. `` And uh, well, that's more than I can say for my own dad. Uncle Phil was a man who worked hard. As a judge, he was always fair, always righteous to set an example for his kids, and for uh, and for me, I guess too. He never gave up on anything or anybody, always gave 100 %, always pulled his weight which is a real feat when you consider him,'' again, a few more light chuckles. `` But, even after all that was said and done, he still loved his family and was always there when they needed him. Even if they were n't really... really his family at all.'' Tears began to fall from Will's eyes, onto the podium that he stood behind as he looked down. With a crack in his voice, he uttered one final thought, `` I love you, Uncle Phil. I'll miss you.'' 
 
 With that, he wiped his eyes off his sleeve, left the podium, and walked down to his seat, next to Carlton and Ashley. Ashley hugged him tight as she cried with him. There was n't a dry eye in the house that day, as nearly everyone wanted to get in a word about the beloved Phillip Banks, to share their stories of him. How their lives would n't be the same again without him in them, how they wished they had one more chance to see him and thank him for all that he'd done. That day, it was sure, Uncle Phil would be missed greatly.
