funeral homes
Arkansas Business announced in their publication in early January the acquisition of two funeral home locations by Smith Family Funeral Homes of North Little Rock. You can see that article here. Smith Family Funeral Homes acquired the Davis-Smith Funeral Homes located in Hot Springs and Glenwood, Arkansas. The addition of these two properties brings the number…
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I’m not one to get too excited over talk. . . .but, I’m also a realist who believes that where there is smoke, there is fire. And, it appears that the trend in America will not go to a longer work week. . . so, over time I’m guessing that we get to a shorter…
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I would guess it was twenty years ago or about that length of time that I was asked to volunteer as a board member of our community’s largest non-denominational cemetery. The cemetery was large enough and did enough business that it had a full-time caretaker who took care of sales, provided interment services using cemetery…
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In this press release from last week, Foundation Partners Group (FPG) announced a new acquisition and also gave some indication of its growth over the past couple of years. Foundation Partners Group is the privately owned death care consolidator based in Orlando, Florida, that appears to set its acquisition sights on cremation heavy firms. FPG…
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So, we are one week into the new year of 2022. There are a few things that have been predicted since the new Presidential administration came into office last January, especially after the inflationary times that started last Spring. One of the the predicted things we heard about was that a new administration may eventually…
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Every day funeral directors and funeral home owners work hard and diligently in taking care of the families that they are entrusted to serve. Sometimes it is a matter of just finishing with one family when the phone rings again and the funeral director/funeral home owner starts the cycle all over again. As your business…
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What happens to our online accounts, photos, documents and more when we die? According to this press release, “Our digital lives – and deaths – are increasingly complex. Recent surveys show that some 65% of U.S. adults do not remember their passwords and another shows that 95% have no idea what happens to their digital…
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Busch Funeral and Crematory Services, based in Cleveland, Ohio, co-owner Mark Busch retired not long ago. According to a recent article that I read, he began work at the family firm in 1982 and retired in 2020. The family firm dates it origins back to 1905. Busch recently talked of his involvement as an owner…
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A high number of Baby Boomers in ownership roles, the un-planned last two years of Covid-related operations, the thought of an increase in capital gains taxes. . . . . .those are all valid reasons that have many owners of funeral homes thinking of getting out of the ownership realm.. At the beginning of 2021…
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Time has a way of changing one’s perspective. I’ve told you before that I started in this business as a funeral director in 1980. I was paid $1,000 per month and our funeral home conducted virtually 100% of our funerals in the traditional “casket, funeral, vault, burial” method. I remember that the final billings, including…
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