A Grave Affair

In this week's episode, Berto and Justin discuss the on-going debate in funeral service -- cremation. With the national cremation rate reaching almost 60% annually, it's evident that burial may soon be the minority. 

Funeral directors come across a lot of different experiences in their careers. While some of those experiences may be the same, there are certainly a lot that stick out in their mind. In this episode, Berto and Justin sat down with Nathan Womack, manager and funeral director with Freeman Harris Funeral Home in Rockmart, GA to discuss some of his more memorable moments in funeral service. Spoiler a...

No one is perfect, not even funeral directors! Despite the fact that you only get one chance at a funeral and the goal is perfection, mistakes can and do happen. On this episode,  Berto and Justin sit down with Jim Dempsey, funeral director and manager of one of our Ohio locations, to discuss the mistakes he has made in his career. 

In today's episode, Justin and Berto dive into what exactly it is a funeral director does on a day-to-day basis. There's so much more to their job than just directing funeral and meeting with families! 

In today's episode, Berto and Justin spoke with Everett Huffman, the youngest location manager in Rollings Funeral Service, to get his views (as a millennial) on funeral service and where it's headed, especially in regard to more personalized services. Everett manages two locations and a cemetery in north Georgia. 

In the inaugural episode, Berto and Justin dive into their backgrounds in funeral service and why they wanted to start a death care podcast. With a combination of wit and humor, Berto and Justin want to open the casket on everything funeral related.