Providing a Decent Last Stop for Homeless Veterans
In the last years of his life, Garry Shelton Hammonds was mostly alone: in his thoughts, on the streets of his hometown of Wingate, and in his struggle...
Funeral Industry News
SCI Merger With Stewart Enterprises Doesn’t Worry New Jersey Funeral Homes
Death care isn’t a new term to disparage healthcare reform. It’s how funeral industry insiders refer to the services they provide and it has changed a lot in...
Hundreds Attend Funeral Of WWII Veteran They Didn’t Know
Whether you know it as Veterans Day here in the U.S. or as Remembrance Day in Commonwealth countries, we think you'll agree that something remarkable happened on this Nov. 11 in England....
More than 5,600 People Attend NFDA International Convention & Expo
The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) 2013 International Convention & Expo, held October 20-23 in Austin, Texas, drew 5,643 total attendees and 371 exhibiting companies to an event...
‘Time Of Death,’ Showtime Documentary Series, Peers Into The Last Days Of The Dying
At 12:26 a.m. on July 13, Nicolle Kissee, a 19-year-old with stage 4 melanoma, took her last breath in a hospital bed in Southern California. Her mouth hung...
The National Funeral Directors Association Recognizes funeralOne with the 2013 NFDA Innovation Award
The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) presented funeralOne with the 2013 NFDA Innovation Award during the association’s International Convention & Expo, which took place October 20-23 in Austin,...
Funeral Service Suppliers Win NFDA Convention Booth Contest
The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) recognized three funeral service suppliers for having the best booths in the Expo Hall during the 2013 NFDA International Convention & Expo,...