Phaedra Parks wears so many hats in her life as a mom of two, an attorney, a business woman, author, certified Reiki master, and mortician. The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16 cast member has ...

Melissa Schmidt handles body removal, embalming, preparation and casketing in her role as a funeral director on Long Island Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers ...

I still remember the sharp ring of the telephone in the dark hours of April 11, 1987. I was 30 years old when I heard the words no daughter ever wants to hear: “Your father died.” My dad, Dave Baue, ...

Allyse Worland was a child when she went to a family member's funeral. "His presentation was not pleasant," she said. "It was unacceptable. And it was very traumatic for the family." Worland, just 9 ...

Wendy Taylor will never forget that one, lazy Saturday morning more than two decades ago when her then 6-year-old son came into her bedroom and made a declaration. “’Mom, Dad, I know what I want to be ...

Jeremy Taylor, a licensed funeral director and embalmer, pursued his childhood dream of owning a funeral home, opening Taylor Funeral Home and Cremation in Rockledge. His brother, Jawaan Taylor, an ...