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The American Way of Death is an exposé of abuses in the funeral home industry in the United States, written by Jessica Mitford and published in 1963. An updated revision, The American Way of Death Revisited, largely completed by Mitford just before her death in 1996, appeared in 1998.
James Samuel Wadsworth (October 30, 1807 – May 8, 1864) was a philanthropist, politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864.
Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel on Madison Avenue at 81st Street in Manhattan. The Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel is a funeral home located on Madison Avenue at 81st Street in Manhattan. Founded in 1898 as Frank E. Campbell Burial and Cremation Company, the company is now owned by Service Corporation International.
It was the home of noted American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for almost 50 years, and it had previously served as the headquarters of General George Washington (1775–76). The house was built in 1759 for Jamaican plantation owner John Vassall Jr. , who fled the Cambridge area at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War because of ...
Wadsworth was the surname of two unrelated NHDVS officials: Maj. James Wolcott Wadsworth Sr. (1846-1926), a former Congressman who served on the NHDVS Board of Managers 1906-26 (and was the board's President 1907–14), and Col. Charles W. Wadsworth (1865-1943), who was General Treasurer of NHDVS 1915–30, then (after NHDVS became part of the ...
Chavis went to the Washington National Cemetery in Suitland on June 6, 2023, where the funeral home he owned, Compassion and Serenity, was hosting a service for 10-year-old Arianna Davis, who was ...
During the pandemic era, stimulus checks were a lifeline for many Americans. Now, if Elon Musk and President Donald Trump make some moves, Americans could be getting another round of payments in ...
Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5] [6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries. [1]