The theme of the National Funeral Directors Association’s 2021 convention and expo was “Together Again!” That may sound like an oddly upbeat slogan following a global pandemic, but morticians like to ...

LATHAM, N.Y. – New York National Guard honor guard Soldiers expect to provide military funeral services for the families of 8,485 Army veterans by New Year’s Eve 2021. As of Dec. 21, 2021, New York ...

Priests bless a casket following a funeral service for Marcus Guara and his family at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Miami Beach, Fla. (Credit: AP Photo/Lynne Sladky.) Listen As ...

Ben Oddo makes friends at a gathering of the world’s largest association of funeral service professionals Ben Oddo is a Nashville resident, writer and host of the senior interview podcast Me and All ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s COVID-19 Funeral Assistance program has provided more than $8 million to Coloradans to help pay for funeral ...

Family of Astroworld Festival victim Bharti Shahani, 22, mourns at her funeral at the Winford Funeral Home in Houston before a service on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. Bharti Shahani was laid to rest on ...

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Maxine Richardson, age 91, of Texarkana, Arkansas, died Saturday, December 18, 2021 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born March 4, 1930 in Potts Camp, Mississippi to George and Clara ...

On a balmy October afternoon, Kay E. Woodward stood outside Spartanburg's J.W Woodward Funeral Home with an urn in the crook of her elbow and another arm outstretched towards a family. A familiar ...