Funeral Director Pleads Guilty, Could Spend Four Years In Prison
COLUMBIA ? For the first time since allegations against the Warren Funeral Chapel surfaced, its owner, Harold Warren Sr., appeared in court Monday to plead guilty to the...
NFDA Supports ?Bereaved Consumer?s Bill of Rights Act of 2009?
This week, the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) sent a letter of support to Rep. Bobby L. Rush, D-Ill., for the ?Bereaved Consumer?s Bill of Rights Act of...
Grave Business, Marriage… Gothic Couple Have Their Wedding Blessed… In a Cemetry
A gothic couple have become the first in the UK to have their wedding blessed in the graveyard of a cemetery. Samantha Smyth, 25, and husband Paul Adams,...
Academy Offers New Programs / Workshops
Franklin, OH. What was once the exclusive province of Academy affiliated funeral homes and marketing partners is now available to the entire death care profession. For the first...
Burial Incidents Prompt Army Probe of Arlington Cemetery
The Army ordered an investigation Friday into operations at Arlington National Cemetery after questions about apparently improper burials. Army Secretary John McHugh said in a statement that the...
A Good Funeral Director Can Be Of Immense Help In Your Time Of Grief
It is wonderful to finally find an article online that shows the importance of a good funeral director. It seems all we read anymore is how to go...
Still-Grieving Mother Finds Another Body Buried Over Her Son’s Grave
A Long Island woman who went to leave flowers at her son's grave found a new body on top of his coffin instead. Nicole Pailliere was visiting Greenfield...
Lack of Funeral Rights Turns Mourner Into Gay Activist
PROVIDENCE ? Mark Goldberg says the police were at his Fox Point home for about two hours the day he found his domestic partner?s body in the garage....
Nurses, Funeral Directors Struggle Under The Weight of Obese Patients
Nurses say they are being put at risk of injury when treating obese patients. A study by Melbourne's Austin Hospital shows nearly a third of the 750 patients...
Rhode Island Governor Vetoes Same-Sex Funeral Planning
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Angering gay rights supporters, Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri Tuesday vetoed a bill that would give same-sex couples the right to plan the funerals of...