FUNERAL HOME FINED FOR REUSING CASKETS

A Memphis, Tennessee, funeral home and its director have been fined more than $3,000 for reusing caskets without reupholstering them after they were rented. The Tennessee Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers found that E.H. Ford Mortuary Services violated state law by not changing the lining. Former employee Jeremy Harris filed a complaint against the home in January, saying he’d been ordered to reuse one casket for more than 20 services or visitations in less than six months, without changing the lining at any point. The home’s director, Edmund Ford Sr., said the caskets were rented as part of cremation services. He said the process gave families with limited means an option to receive more dignified services.
* And what could be more dignified than Rent-A-Casket?
* Who was complaining? Seems to me the end user is long past the point of caring.
* Why change the lining? It’s not like the dead people were sneezing on it.
* Casket liners – now there’s business you don’t hear much about.
* Is that a subdivision of Hefty?
* On the bright side, every business in Tennessee knows they better not hire Jeremy Harris.