Funeral Director Daily
We learned today of a funeral home fire in Bethel, North Carolina that occurred on the evening of Monday, January 13. According to this news video and article from WITN Television, the Bethel location of Walker-Ayers Funeral Home was a complete loss due to the fire that was reported to firefighters at about 11:00 pm…
To understand me you have to understand that I was somewhat, especially when it came to business, a data geek even before data and the term “data analytics” became in vogue. When my wife and I were married in 1988 – and I was hatching all kinds of business opportunities outside of the funeral realm,…
As just a lay person and/or consumer it seems that I am constantly hearing two things about wages in America. On one hand, it seems that I hear people advocating for, regardless of the market situation, wages that should be at a minimum of $15 to $20 per hour in any line of employment. On…
I will preface this article to say that it is being written on Friday, January 10. Because of that all prices quoted come from the end of the day on Thursday, January 9. I will also say I am not a stock security analyst and all opinions are mine alone. Finally, I do own stock…
According to this article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the 91-year old H.M. Patterson and Son Spring Hill Chapel in Midtown will be closing at the end of business today – Friday, January 10. The funeral business and its adjacent gardens, which had reached “Landmark Status” was purchased by a developer in December. The new owners,…
A couple of days ago the world not only broke into a new decade, but the turning over of the calendar into 2020 also signified a milestone for our little newsletter, Funeral Director Daily. Last week we passed into the realm of going over 1,000 daily subscribers to the blog I created just to stay…
In America we have been fortunate that in my lifetime forces have kept the economy stable. Yes, I can remember when I started in the business that bank certificate of deposits on funeral trust funds paid 16% annually – but that was for a very short period of time. The economic stability of America lets…
I wrote on Monday about the change in the “place of death”. In that article I pointed out that in the early 1900s people tended to die at home and much of the funeral experience was then held in the home. While I never did it, I am old enough to have had funeral directors…
In a press release from Foundation Partners Group (FPG) that is dated December 31, 2019, but not known by us until January 2, 2020, we have learned that the company has made an acquisition in Tucson, Arizona which includes the Adair Funeral Homes and Desert Sunset Funeral Home of that area. You can read the…
