Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — They are here from all over the world. Funeral directors, in New Orleans for their international convention.

Morticians are finding ways to put the fun in funeral to get customers to think about their final farewells—and open their wallets—long before the end. At an industry convention in Baltimore last ...

I was just a small child, but I remember when my grandfather died, and I remember when my dad saw his dad lying in that open casket. I’d never seen him cry like that, and I haven’t seen him show that ...

At the end of Tony Fitzpatrick’s hours-long remembrance of life ceremony at Metro, this New Orleans–style brass band warmed up in the green room, then marched upstairs and onto the stage before ...