Boomers Doing Death a Little Differently
News stories about "selfish" baby boomers hogging scarce jobs, breaking the nation's pension piggy bank, or throwing their weight around proliferate. Finally, along comes an industry that is...
Funeral Industry News
Baby Thomas Arrives: Carrollton Couple Celebrates Son’s Birth, and Begins Waiting For The End
T.K. Laux hovered in a blue scrub shirt as his wife, Deidrea, grimaced and panted through contractions. A steady sha-thump, sha-thump, sha-thump vibrated from speakers in labor and...
Credit Card Fraud – Take Precautions at Home and Work
We all have them and use them, it is the American way, I'm talking about credit cards. We use them in our personal life and we have company...
At Golden Gate Funeral Home, Bodies Are John Beckwith Jr.?s Business, And Business Is Booming
John Beckwith Jr. walks into his morgue and over to the new corpse. His colleagues and pastor follow him inside, still talking from lunch. The air in the...
Former Funeral Home Owner Faces Criminal Charges
Police have charged the former owner of a vacant Gary funeral home with theft and failing to properly dispose of human remains in a timely matter after the...
10 Deadly Jobs
While work that involves caring for the deceased is historically perceived as a morbid commission by society's standards, it is really a matter of perspective. If there weren't...
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
In my lifetime I have found inspiration in many hidden corners. I have known people who have guided me on the path of life and allowed me to...