Stephanie Bolling is a freelance writer based in St. Petersburg, Florida. Her work has appeared in The Balance, The Penny Hoarder and the Tampa Bay Times. When she's not writing, Stephanie enjoys ...

More than 21,000 funeral homes are in the U.S., employing some 105,000 people, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. The $11 billion-a-year industry is largely ...

In a still from the March 2020 documentary “Death Is Our Business,” an embalmer prepares a body in a New Orleans funeral home. Industry professionals say cremation is on the rise among Black and ...

To John and Susan Garretson, the thought of cremating their son in the conventional way was almost as excruciating as the memory of his death. On March 20, 2021, a police officer in Peachtree City, Ga ...

Cremation is now the most popular option for final disposition. Cremation was used in 54 percent of deaths in 2019, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. They project that to rise ...

A growing number of Arizona families are choosing cremation over burial of a loved one. According to a recent survey of ...