Funeral Director Daily

  Over my years as an active funeral director I would be called to the place of death and eventually ask the family before I left, “Are you thinking about burial or cremation?”  If you’re not a funeral director it is a question that needs an answer because how the funeral director would take care…

  Preneed continues to grow. . . .but is the growth enough?  That is a great question and, among other things, we will look at the percentage growth of preneed on a “revenue per preneed contract” basis in this article.   Statistics on Preneed are difficult to find because of the private nature of the…

  We recently learned, from this article, of the acquisition of the Deal Funeral Directors of Statesboro, Georgia, by the Fidelity Memorial Group based out of Garden City, Georgia.   According to the article, the facilty has already been re-branded as the Bulloch Funeral Care and Cremation Center which was done to “reflect new ownership…

  On Monday of this week Substack, under their “On Deathcare” platform released a very well researched article by author Tony Russo titled, “Why are we still pretending Homesteaders is ‘just’ a Park Lawn investor?”   You can access the article here.   In probably what is the best researched and in-depth article dealing with…

  Parting Stone, the pioneer in solidified remains, announced last week in a press release that they have hired the 2025 recipient of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) Inspiration Award, Katey Houston, “. . to lead strategic engagement between funeral professionals and the families they serve.”   According to the press release, “Houston’s background…...