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Earlier this week public funeral home consolidator and operating company Carriage Services announced the acquisition of the Presley Funeral Home in Cookeville, Tennessee. You can see the company press release here. According to the release, Presley Funeral Home owner Bryant Presley will continue employment as the Managing Partner of the firm. Presley said, “My family…
Read MoreThe Associated Press reported that former NFL Pro bowl player Richie Incognito was arrested on charges he threatened to shoot employees of a funeral home earlier this week. You can read the article here. According to the article, Incognito was at the Messinger Pinnacle Peak Mortuary in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Monday to make arrangements for…
Read MoreI just saw an article that you can read here about a donation by Mid-America Transplant Foundation to the University of Southern Illinois department of Mortuary Science and Funeral Service embalming lab. The $98,000 donation brings to a total of $134,400 that the foundation has contributed to the school in support of the Mortuary Science…
Read MoreSometimes it is just a good feeling to be reminded as funeral directors as to why we do what we do. Very often, including on this site, we talk about all the business aspects of funeral service. However, I learned during my time as a funeral home business owner, if we follow the pretense of…
Read MoreMy alarm goes off not with a buzz but with a local radio station coming on. Yesterday (June 5) I awoke to the news that it was the 50th anniversary of former Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination. It brought back memories to me of a 10-year old kid on the motorhome trip of a lifetime…
Read MoreWe pass on this article from The Denver Channel simply to point out that these things can happen – even at a funeral. According to the article a member of the Fort Logan Honor Guard who doubles as a pastor was conducting services at the Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver. When he went back…
Read MoreMemorial Day 2018. God Bless America!! Today’s Funeral Director Daily column consists of a re-print of three different articles we have done within the past year. The first article deals with the 3rd Infantry Regiment – known as the Old Guard – who annually place flags at all veteran graves at Arlington National Cemetery. The…
Read MoreWe recently learned just in time for Memorial Day that the memorial at Pearl Harbor that commemorates and recognizes the U.S.S. Arizona and its place in the 1941 surprise attack will be closed indefinitely. Apparently, from the article that you can read here, some cracks in the floor of the memorial or the entry that…
Read MoreA fire during the evening of May 16 and early morning hours of May 17 destroyed the Sharp Funeral Home in Schwartz Creek, Michigan. You can see a video news story provided by ABC 12 News here as well as read an article on the event. Funeral Director Daily take: When an event like this…
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