Southerners quickly switch into hosting gear at the first sign of a wedding or a baby shower, deploying casseroles, strategizing seating charts, and polishing silverware. Funerals are no exception. In ...
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Planning a funeral is never easy, especially when emotions are heavy and time feels rushed. In these moments, families want ...
Understanding Muslim Burial Traditions in Australia. Saying farewell to a loved one is one of life's hardest moments, and across Australia these goodbyes reflect ...
A Sudan desert burial site contained two clay vessels, one with the remains of a campfire. The campfire was probably part of a funeral ritual, and the remains—which likely held the scraps of a funeral ...
Most of what happened around the death and subsequent funeral services for Pope Francis had a traditional ring to them. Obviously, when the pope dies in Rome, tradition has much to say about how ...
As the new president of the National Funeral Directors Association, John O. “Jack” Mitchell IV has been keeping an eye on trends in the industry of death. The sixth-generation owner of the ...
When you pre-plan, not only are you locking in the price, you also can pay over time. We offer plans for three, five, seven ...
The funeral for Pope Francis will include many long-held traditions, but will also eschew some of the more intricate customs after the pope amended the Catholic Church's papal funeral rights. Francis ...