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I know you're supposed to dress somberly for a funeral, but what is really the perfect funeral attire?
Is head-to-toe black a little to Johnny Cash?

It's kind of a tough one... I think it may be nice sometimes to wear a bit of colour or white, for some positivity... nothing over the top though. But it also depends on the family and how conservative / traditional they are.

Having never been to a funeral, I'd say that my attire would go part way to being Johnny Cash, but I'd probably wear a crisp, white shirt instead of a black one. Certainly it would be a black tie, black suit event for me.

Then I think it's going to be the skinny black Dolce & Gabbana suit with a crisp white J.Crew shirt and skinny black Armani tie with light beige dots. It's gonna be an ultra-conservative southern baptist funeral so I'm trying not to be overtly edgey out of respect.

Sounds good, I think that wearing too much black is also over the top, I'm thinking along the lines of Daniel Black Suit, Black Tie and White Shirt.

Just dark suits and ties are the go for most guys. Charcoal also another option if you don't want to turn up like pseudo Mafia. I've worn a black long sleeve dress with patterned stockings and black boots and a grey coat to one. Sorry to hear you have to attend a funeral :/

The trick to not looking like a Gotti is to not wear a light tie and a dark shirt. IMO that should be a stapel fashion lesson for all men, and the people who dress them.

It sounds terribly shallow to discuss the success of an outfit at a funeral, but I can't help it.
I did wear the Dolce suit, etc. and lucky for me my siblings and mom made a good show as well. My bro wore his Air Force uniform so not much choice there but my mom came up with a stunning mostly white with some black get up and my sister was wearing beautiful beige linen trousers of the very wide leg assortment and a lovely little black top. I haven't the slightest who any of it was by but it look stat.