I never cease to be amazed at the depths some funeral homes sink to to sell their services. Last week, after a couple of families came into my store and told me some stories about what they were being told about what we sell I decided to find out for myself. My wife and one [...]

A leading Dallas bankruptcy attorney came to see me last week about a family member and during our conversation she stated that one of the to reasons folks need her service is they are very native about funeral homes. They don’t do any kind of research before they call a funeral home. The biggest reason [...]

Don’t squander the money your relatives leave behind
The Wall Street Journal

It’s the last parental handout you’ll ever get. Make the most of it.
A new study has found that few baby boomers have inherited a significant sum, and even fewer reckon there’s money coming their way. Still, if you’re among the lucky minority, an inheritance could [...]

(The following is an excerpt from the casket chapter in “Caring for the Dead: Your Final Act of Love,” available through the FCA bookstore.)

There is no amount of embalming or any particular casket that will preserve a body in a life-like condition forever. But perhaps history has to repeat itself several times before the [...]

Funeral Homes that sell “Dignity” Services have added a new twist to the smoke and mirrors of funeral pricing to further their profits and take away consumer choice.
Recently, many funeral homes announced lower casket prices in an attempt to shut out retail casket stores. They took $1,000 off the price of every casket, giving the [...]