Funeral News
Learn to Boost Profits, Regardless of Your Cremation Rate, at CANA & NFDA Cremation Symposium
The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) and the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) have teamed-up to host the annual...
Read moreDetailsRelatives Find Grave Open, Part of Body Visible
NEW ORLEANS -- Mary Marsh and her family walked through Holt Cemetery, grief and anger visible on their faces. When...
Read moreDetailsBatesville Called Back…Read The Dialogue
I have to admit when I received a call back yesterday from Batesville marketing director Teresa Gyulafia, I was pretty...
Read moreDetailsGrieving Family Discovers Wrong Body in Casket After Relative is Mistakenly Cremated
A grieving family learned their 95-year-old great-grandmother had been cremated when they found a stranger's body in her casket, and...
Read moreDetailsWife Holds Husband’s Fake Funeral in Insurance Scam
A man was arrested Tuesday for having "faked" his death in a conspiracy with his wife in order to claim...
Read moreDetailsCooperative Funeral Fund Expands its Team
Mark Mannix, President of Cooperative Funeral Fund (CFF) announces another staff expansion with the addition of Morgan Smith and Joy...
Read moreDetailsConfirmed: Batesville Purchased Burial Vault Portion of Goria Corporation
Following up from yesterdays article - "Did Batesville Purchase A Burial Vault Company?", I have been able to make contact...
Read moreDetailsDid Batesville Purchase A Burial Vault Company?
Last week the news came out that Goria Corporation (maker of the patented Eonian? and Endurance? burial vaults) had closed...
Read moreDetailsOut with the Aughts: ‘D’ is For Death = Investment Opportunity?
The following article is by: Ian McGugan. Ian is a freelance business journalist who writes for the Financial Post. In...
Read moreDetailsFuneral Worker Accused of Body-Snatching
FORREST CITY, AR - A worker at a Mid-South funeral home is accused of soliciting families for their loved one's...
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