Little's Funeral Home Smithfield Virginia (2024)

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Find an Obituary. The Cremation Society of Virginia® online obituary search tool gives you access to obituaries from thousands of locations across North America. You can search by first or last name, state and publication date.

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Expanded and remodeled several times in the years since, Muehlig's is, at age 138, both the oldest funeral home in Michigan and the oldest business in Ann Arbor. Florian C. Muehlig, born in 1810 in Rossbach, Bavaria, was a cabinetmaker who came to Ann Arbor in 1840.

Heaton,Heaton-Bowman-Smith & Sidenfaden Chapel, the oldest funeral home in the State of Missouri and the oldest business firm in the City of St. Joseph, was founded in 1842 by David J. Heaton at Sparta, Missouri, the former county seat of Buchanan County.

Information for obtaining a Death Certificate directly from the Virginia Department Health Vital Records Division can be found at: www.vdh.virginia.gov by clicking on “Births, Deaths & Marriages” or by calling one of their customer service representatives at 804-662-6200.

A refrigerated body will last three to four weeks. Also, keep in mind that some states, like North Dakota, do not allow refrigeration.

Former Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 20 yrs for selling body parts. Jan 3 (Reuters) - A former Colorado funeral home owner was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Tuesday for defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting 560 corpses and selling body parts without permission.

Service Corporation International (SCI) is the largest funeral home company in the world, with a network of over 2,000 locations across the United States and Canada.

In 2023, the vast majority of funeral homes in the United States were owned by small businesses and/or families, making up almost 90 percent of total ownership.

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The first evidence of cremation in the archaeological record dates to 20,000 B.C. in Mungo Lake, Australia. In the Middle East and Europe, there is evidence of cremation as early as the Neolithic period (9500 B.C).

By the mid-19th century, the newly emerging profession of businessmen-undertakers – who provided funeral and burial services – began adopting embalming methods as standard. Embalming became more common in the United States during the American Civil War, when servicemen often died far from home.

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When writing an obituary for a woman who had a maiden name, simply write her first name and then in parentheses write her maiden name and then her married last name. For instance, Laura (Ingalls) Wilder, Marie (Sklodowska) Curie or Julia (McWilliams) Childs.

Death records are available by order or in person. All death records over 100 years old are available online from home.