Funeral Director Daily

Park Lawn Corporation makes offer to acquire Carriage Services

By Funeral Director Daily / June 30, 2023 /

      The world of Death Care has once again proved pretty small.  In what was supposed to be a confidential offer, Park Lawn Corporation has confirmed, according to this Yahoo Finance article, that they have recently made a buy-out proposal to Carriage Services.   And, Carriage Services, in this company press release, has…

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Park Lawn acquires Georgia firm

By Funeral Director Daily / June 29, 2023 /

    “Park Lawn (Corporation) has further expanded its strategic growth in the southeast United States” according to a quote attributed to Park Lawn CEO J. Bradley Green in this press release from earlier this week.  The expansion Green it talking about is the acquisition of the Cobb Funeral Chapel and the Cobb Suncrest Memorial…

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Selling a funeral home: What holds an owner back?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 28, 2023 /

      Back in mid-May Funeral Director Daily published this article entitled “Thinking of an ownership transition? Here’s some straight-forward advice on getting started”.  It was an article predicated on advice from the folks at accounting and business strategy experts Clifton Larson Allen (CLA).   We recently noticed another article from the people at…

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Write obituaries with Artificial Intelligence from Legacy.com

By Funeral Director Daily / June 27, 2023 /

    For the last six months or so you would have had to be hiding in a cave not to hear all the hype in the business and technology world about “Artificial Intelligence” or “AI” as it is simply called.  Just the thought of what this powerful, intuitive, creation will be able to do…

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Carriage Services: Carlos Quezada replaces Mel Payne as CEO

By Funeral Director Daily / June 26, 2023 /

      In this press release from last Thursday it was announced that some leadership position changes at publicly held funeral home and cemetery operator Carriage Services were underway.  First and foremost was the announcement that former company Chief Operating Officer and President Carlos Quezada was being promoted to the position of Chief Executive…

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Service Corporation “bolts on” to Chattanooga market

By Funeral Director Daily / June 23, 2023 /

    In this article from earlier in June, the Chattanoogan.com announced that the Hamilton Funeral Home of Hixson, Tennessee, was acquired by a subsidiary of Service Corporation International (SCI).  It was also noted in the same article that Tom Wilson has been named the manager of the facility which was apparently purchased by SCI…

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Will funeral homes become the venue for medically assisted death?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 22, 2023 /

      By my count, according to this website titled Compassion & Choices there are 10 states and the District of Columbia in the United States where Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) is legal.  It is also legal in the province of Quebec in Canada where they have, according to this article, grown in the…

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Avoid politics for best business results

By Funeral Director Daily / June 21, 2023 /

      I grew up in a home that was pretty conservative and my parents voted that way but never talked about it to anybody.  We operated a funeral home and we were open to helping people and doing business with people whether they had our viewpoints or not.   I also grew up…

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Is the end of Non-Compete agreements coming? Will funeral directors be “Free Agents”?

By Funeral Director Daily / June 20, 2023 /

      Back in January of this year Funeral Director Daily published this article entitled “Federal Trade Commission seeks to ban (most) non-compete agreements.”  There has been a lot of push-back to non-compete agreements as they have become common practice, not only for highly compensated professionals, but for general employees as well.   During…

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CANA Peer Support tomorrow night

By Funeral Director Daily / June 19, 2023 /

      It’s already the eve of the 3rd Tuesday of the month –  when the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) presents its interactive peer support meeting for those in the Death Care profession.  All of the peer support network is accessible online via Zoom.   CANA says this about their peer support…

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