Funeral home denies refusing gay man’s cremation
A south Mississippi funeral home went back on an agreement to cremate an 86-year-old man after he died and paperwork showed he was gay, according to a lawsuit in state court.
Man’s ashes to be scattered in fireworks display
A Missouri funeral director is sending his father out with a bang. His father’s ashes, anyway.
Man wakes up in body bag at funeral home
Workers at a Mississippi funeral home say they found a man alive and kicking when they opened a body bag.
Parents of teen found in gym mat sue funeral home
The parents of a south Georgia teenager found dead last year at school inside a rolled-up gym mat have sued the funeral home that handled his body, saying its owner and his employees wrongfully disposed of their son’s internal organs and replaced them with wadded newspaper.