A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged at the House of Hope to provide a requiem to the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday.

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. — When the fabric of America, star-spangled, is presented in a tight, triangular fold. When the grand, old flag is carried on a casket and set down by pallbearers, and when the bugle blows “Taps,” and when rifles burst in a ...

Brieana Shelton had never done her grandmother’s makeup in life. But as she bent over the hospice bed in the family dining room where her grandmother had died hours before, Shelton tried to paint Geri Shelton’s face the way she’d seen it a thousand times

Joseph “Frank” Walton, paced in front of his Monday afternoon class, repeating the nuances in the trade of death. The semester had recently started at Tidewater Community College, but Walton’s aspiring undertakers already heard his doctrine a dozen ...

Southern Illinois University in Carbondale was already home to one of the most prestigious and unique mortuary science programs in the nation. With the addition of an on-site crematory, the program has taken another step forward. One of only six ...

DANVERS — Applications are being accepted for North Shore Community College’s funeral service program, with the priority application deadline being May 26. An information session will be held via Zoom on Wednesday at 5 p.m. Home delivery and Digital ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodwin University is creating new opportunities for aspiring funeral service professionals by expanding its nationally accredited Funeral Service program — the only one in the state of Connecticut ...