Autopsy Tools Used on Elvis Go Up For Sale
Autopsy tools used to embalm and prepare Elvis Presley?s body for his funeral in 1977 and a toe tag used on the singer for identification purposes are set...
Funeral Industry News
Connecting Directors Launches the First Funeral Industry-Specific Social Networking Site
Ryan Thogmartin, founder of Connecting Directors (www.connectingdirectors.com) is excited to be bringing full-blown social networking to the funeral industry, with the launch of CDSocial (www.cdsocial.com). ?We?ve literally made...
Living Obituaries: Not All Social Media is about Facebook and Twitter
Xenia Bailey lost her husband Jason to Lymphoma in 2006, after a 10 year courageous battle with the disease. Apparently, Jason?s loss led Xenia to co-found Legacy of...
Dead Man Could Get Liposuction to Fit in Coffin
The family of Romania's fattest man is considering having liposuction performed on his deceased body after realizing that they will be unable to afford a coffin big enough...
As Facebook Users Die, Ghosts Reach Out
With over 200,000 annual member deaths a year, Facebook is finding it hard to keep tabs on who has died. With automated services that remind users to send...
12 Truly Bizarre Funeral Customs from Around the World
For thousands of years, humans have mourned their dead. Evidence from Shanidar Cave in Iraq indicates that, perhaps, Neanderthals originated the idea of a funeral. Different customs surrounding...
NPS Battling Out Preneed Scandal in Federal Court
The topic in the federal courtroom on Wednesday was money, specifically what happened to $600 million and whether a federal judge should be watchful to make sure even...