The Real Reason Families Choose Direct Cremation
Article by Walker Posey, funeralOne At this moment, I am sitting on a plane coming home from the Asia Funeral and Cemetery Expo in China. It was a...
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How You Can Attend Your Own Funeral
Article by Jim Gold, Daily Finance If you're just dying to have the last word about yourself forever, here's an option: Deliver your own eulogy at your own...
Time Magazine Explains Why Death Services Are Suddenly Booming
Article by Ryan Vlastelica, Reuters Baby boomers have a lot to do with it. Companies that provide end-of-life services stand to benefit from what boils down to...
The App That Lets Depressed Teens Text with Celebrities and Dead Friends
Article By Seung Lee, Vice It’s approaching 3 AM on Christmas Day in 2013, and a South Korean teenage girl who goes by the Twitter handle @jjong_gee texts...
How Do People in Your State Die?
Article by Olga Khazan, The Atlantic The most distinctive causes of death by state, 2001-2010 (CDC)People in Louisiana are disproportionately likely to be felled by syphilis, while Midwesterners...
This Powerful Obit Has Gone Viral and Proves That Obituaries Can Be Powerful
Obituary originally posted on Legacy.com Our charismatic and beautiful son and brother died Sunday morning from a drug overdose. Clay was the youngest of four children, raised in...
This One Misconception About Facebook Could Be Losing You Money
We heard it again yesterday. A funeral home owner told us she isn’t too concerned about her home’s inactive Facebook page because it’s mostly young people who use...