African American funeral service providers have long been central fixtures in the communities they serve. There, the funeral home represents more than just a place to hold viewings and coordinate ...
If you died 200 years ago in America, your family would wash and dress your body and place it in a bed surrounded by candles to dampen the smell of decomposition. Your immediate family and friends ...
When the rose-blanketed casket of singer Michael Jackson was carried into his 2009 memorial service, television commentators expressed surprise. After all, nearly two weeks had passed since his death.
Funeral directors are doing more than virtual services. When a married couple and four others from South Carolina went to a funeral last month, no one expected them to get the novel coronavirus from a ...
St. Francisville native Sally Allen Jones was born in 1916 just 51 years after African Americans gained their freedom and 49 years before the Voting Rights Act guaranteed her right to vote. History ...
If you died 200 years ago in America, your family would wash and dress your body and place it in a bed surrounded by candles to dampen the smell of decomposition. Your immediate family and friends ...
An Associated Press member exchange story from the Tampa Bay Times. TAMPA, Fla. – For the first time since 1990, Jeffrey Rhodes has told families that the Ray Williams Funeral Home was booked for the ...
As news of the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spread on the eve of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, a common question heard in discussions among American Jews was: “When will she be buried?” ...
Last Saturday, during the sunny Presidents’ Day weekend, hundreds of people gathered in Washington Square Park to mourn the death of the American Presidency itself. Just before noon, costumed members ...
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