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According to a press release that you can read here, Legacy Funeral Group of Texas has purchased the Magnolia Chapels of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Magnolia Chapels has served the Tuscaloosa area with two chapels since its founding in 1999. (The link will lead you to Legacy’s web-site where you can learn more on the company).…
Read MoreI found it a little different when I read an editorial in the West Virginia Gazette Mail that you can read here. I’m pretty used to editorials telling us what political candidate to pick, or what side of the right to life to be on, or what side of gun owernship to be on. I’ve…
Read MoreI get a lot of feedback on Funeral Director Daily and I understand people follow the site for many reasons. One of the most common things I hear is that readers enjoy updates on what the public companies in the death care industry are doing. So, I’ve decided that when I find an article…
Read MoreAn article from the Des Moines Register that you can read here gives some implications on the American Enterprise Group (AEG), a Des Moines based insurer, and its acquisition of Great Western Insurance Company of Utah. As you recall we made you aware of this acquisition last month on Funeral Director Daily and now that…
Read MoreI read a really nice article the other day on GoErie.com that you can read here about two very longstanding funeral businesses in Erie, Pennsylvania, that have “merged” in order to help both funeral homes operate better. The article is about the Quinn Funeral Home and the Burton Funeral Home, both of Erie, Pennsylvania —…
Read MoreIt may be Presidents’ Day today, but at Funeral Director Daily it feels a little more like Finance Day. We have already let you know about Carriage Services 4th quarter and year end results and on how their stock fared on Friday after the announcement. We just came across a little bit of finance information…
Read MoreDeath care stocks, StoneMor Partners and Carriage Services, both components of the Funeral Director Daily Death Care Index (DCI), had postive movements last Friday which lifted their companies stock price and market capitalization. Carriage Services reported Year End earnings for 2017 last week and we at Funeral Director Daily commented that the company “keeps chugging…
Read MoreCarriage Services, an American death care industry consolidator, again teased investors with some good results coupled with some items that they could improve on when they reported their end of year 2017 results last week. In a press release from the company that you can read here, Chief Executive Officer Mel Payne stated, “After eight…
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