A Swelling Tide of Emotion
Tens of thousands of mourners packed the sides of beach roads, highways, and city streets from Hyannis Port to Boston yesterday as Massachusetts bid an emotional farewell to...
Rising land costs and the future implications for cemeteries
This guest post comes from Jim Brasfield, Memphis Real Estate Examiner. There is a saying about cemteries that "everyone is just dying to get in". This is, unfortunately,...
Yoga at the graveyard
Do yoga, leave a beautiful corpse, I say. And now you can work on corpse pose at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, which, if you haven?t noticed, has rebranded itself...
Kennedy Funeral Arrangements Set
The official tributes and funeral services for Senator Edward M. Kennedy will begin Thursday afternoon, when his body is carried by motorcade from the family compound in Hyannis...
More forgo clergy-led funerals for those by secular ‘celebrants’
When Kenneth Kistner, 85, died in February, his wife, Carmen, didn't call any clergy. At the Detroit memorial service for the Marine veteran and retired educator, Kistner's family...
Pre-Need Scandals Tarnishing an Honest Industry. Let?s Make a Change. By: Ryan Thogmartin
Are you still pushing for pre-need contracts? Is your community open to the idea of pre-paying for their funeral service? The funeral industry has been taking quite a...
Local Business Offers Do-it-Yourself Casket Kit
ROCK HILL, S.C. -- When he saw the $12,900 bill for a relative's funeral last year, Merritt Eggleston saw an opportunity. Several months later, he has launched a...
Bids pour in, and out, for crypt above Marilyn Monroe’s
This article is a follow up to "For Sale: Eternity with Marilyn Monroe". It was a day of ups and downs when the online bidding ended Monday for...
Funerals on The Cheap?
O'FALLON, ILL -- A veteran of the mortuary business plans to open a new funeral home that he said will lay to rest people's fears about the high...
Chelsea Handler Plans Her Own Funeral
Since my favorite late night talk show host, Jay Leno, is not on anymore I have begun to watch Chelsea Lately, hosted by the hilarious Chelsea Handler. A...