Who?s Afraid of Wal-Mart?
Were any of you startled or surprised to see or hear that Wal-Mart is now offering caskets to the general public? That is right. Wal-Mart is offering bronze,...
Funeral Industry News
Family Says Funeral Home ‘Lost’ Their Mother’s Body
A grieving family looks into an open casket and sees the wrong person's body. They say the Pipkin Mortuary in Denver first tried to tell them it was...
Comptroller’s Office Knew About Burr Oak Remains In ’03
Executives of the Burr Oak Cemetery believed more than six years ago that bodies had been improperly buried. And the details of what they knew are in a...
Suck Up Your Dead! New “Urn-a-Matic” Vacuum Cleaner
This unlikely urn was originally part of an art exhibit (and was sold for $1,900). It was recently featured in an L.A. Times article about futuristic, funky and...
What Have I Gotten Myself Into? – Toby Sutton
Toby Sutton is an Embalmer/ Funeral Director at Emerson Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He graduated from Weiner High School in 1996, University of Arkansas at Monticello in...
We Want To Hear From You
Today is a very exciting day!! I am traveling to Chicago for the Wilbert Funeral Services annual Sales meeting, but while I am there I will be doing...
The Funeral Industry Is Changing, Please Listen to The Customer
I recently read a book by Gary Vaynerchuk called "Crush It". The book is about how Gary was able to use social media to drive his families Wine...