As a preface, let me say that I don’t believe a funeral should ever strap a family economically. I believe that honoring the deceased has very little to do with a costly funeral. And I also believe that frugality is a wonderful practice when it comes to death and death care. But, IF you wanted […]
At 6:30 AM Friday morning the funeral home doors opened. This was the situation at 6:15. This book sold out within the first hour: Our “Two Funerals for the Price of One” was awarded to the first 15 customers in the arrangement room. Edna, Mary, Shirley, Evelyn and Ruth wait patiently to cash in on this […]
This series, entitled “Still, Life” is the work of Sarah Treanor. All the photos have been used with Sarah’s expressed permission. Sarah writes, “Shortly after the death of my fiancé in 2012, I began taking self portraits.” “I didn’t know why at first, all I knew is that some part of me needed to see […]
Via Kait8: Delivery truck-driver Ken McDaniel of Memphis snapped his smart phone pictures of (the funeral director loading a deceased body into the back of his pickup), while (Ken was) making a delivery at a Mid-South hospital. The pictures show (the funeral director). — by his own admission — loading a corpse into the covered bed of […]
On Distinctive Life’s website, they state, ” Distinctive Life is uniquely designed to bring our services to you. We know that visiting the funeral home to make final arrangements can be uncomfortable and inconvenient. At Distinctive Life, our Mobile Funeral Directors will come to meet you at your home, church, office or anywhere else you […]