I'm a funeral director. These days it's only me and the deceased at graveside services.

Instant cremations have become not a way to celebrate a life, but a way to delete one. I'm afraid of what – of who – is being ...
Forbes

Cremation Is Gaining Popularity As Funeral Costs Rise

Stephanie Bolling is a freelance writer based in St. Petersburg, Florida. Her work has appeared in The Balance, The Penny Hoarder and the Tampa Bay Times. When she's not writing, Stephanie enjoys ...
New Orleans City Business

Rising cremation rate causes grave concern for funeral homes

An expansion project at the All Saints Mausoleum in Metairie includes more than 800 glass-front cremation niches to satisfy a growing preference for the option to cemetery burials. Dee Aucoin, a ...
WJHG

Funeral homes now have more money and time to handle indigent cremation cases

UPDATE: Feb. 21, 2017 at 4:01 p.m.: Bay County commissioners have approved the request for more money and time for the funeral home industry to handle cremation services for indigent people. They will ...
Time

How Their Son’s Death Drove His Parents to Find an Alternative to Tradition

To John and Susan Garretson, the thought of cremating their son in the conventional way was almost as excruciating as the memory of his death. On March 20, 2021, a police officer in Peachtree City, Ga ...