Southerners quickly switch into hosting gear at the first sign of a wedding or a baby shower, deploying casseroles, strategizing seating charts, and polishing silverware. Funerals are no exception. In ...

In the South, grief comes with a casserole. Before the obituary hits the paper or the flowers are even ordered, someone’s already brought over deviled eggs. There’s a pound cake on the counter, a ...

Southerners are never more distinctive—or expressive—than when we are burying our dead. From the clothes we wear to our driving etiquette en route to the cemetery to the covered dishes we prepare, ...

Inside Sutfin Funeral Chapel in Nichols, an essential oil diffuser fills the air with a subtle, fresh fragrance. Along a side wall, several handmade quilts are draped over a rack, gifts from families ...

At first glance, it seems there’s a rift between Tim Hursley’s professional and personal work. For nearly four decades, the renowned architectural photographer has developed a portfolio of clients ...

For revelers determined to drink and drive on New Year’s Eve, a group of Southern funeral homes is offering a sobering incentive to think again: free burial service if they die as a result of driving ...

Authorities said Thursday they were investigating the improper storage of human remains at a southern Colorado funeral home that performs “green” burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets.