Regulations
Last week we told you about a problem at the First Family Funeral Home of Spartanburg, South Carolina. That problem stemmed from the fact that a body that was to have been cremated three years earlier was found stored in a room at the mortuary just a couple of weeks ago. Today in an article…
Alana Durkin Richer of the Associated Press compiled a good article that appeared in the Detroit News that you can read here. The article is on the growing problem of what to do with indigent bodies when states or municipalities responsible for them are either running out of money or the expected reimbursement to funeral…
I recently read about a disturbing case coming out of Spartanburg, South Carolina. In a story found on News 2 which you can see and read here, it appears that the Spartanburg County Coroner’s office was notified on February 8, 2018, that a “stored” human body was located at the First Family Funeral Home. According…
I 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…
By a vote of 65-33 the West Virginia House passed on Wednesday their Indigent Funeral Bill that will now move on to the state’s Senate. The somewhat conroversial bill reduces the price paid to funeral directors to $1000 per service from the current payment of $1250. However, the bill also names disposition by cremation as…
The other day I was going thru my daily articles of the industry when I came across two articles, that while not unique to what I read, caused me to pause to think — “How will we solve these problems?” Because, I don’t think that these problems are going to go away with out some…
Here is an update provided by mysanantonio.com on the civil trial against Mission Park Funeral Chapels and Cemeteries. As you may recall, the funeral business has been sued by the family of Julie Mott, who’s body went missing, when, according to the lawsuit, it was in the possession of the funeral home. The body has…
An article appeared in the San Antonio Express News last week that highlighted the beginning of the funeral home missing body case. The case is being heard in Bexar County, Texas and the civil case is being presided on by Judge Norma Gonzalez. You can read the San Antonio article here. Here is what we…
In a case we have followed for the last year on Funeral Director Daily, Chad Harding, owner of the Gatens-Harding Funeral Home in West Virginia, was sentenced yesterday to up to 30 years in prison by Putnam Circuit Judge Joseph K. Reeder. You can read more about the case and the sentencing here. Harding, a…
An interesting bill that may have ramifications for beyond West Virginia was recently referred to the West Virginia House Finance Committee. The bill, which should come up for debate and possible vote this session stems from the fact that the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources ran out of indigent burial funding last…
