/tags/funeral Funeral en-US Copyright Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-04-19/undertaken-the-next-generation-of-funeral-directors As the workforce of funeral directors ages, young folks are stepping up to lead and change the death care industry. Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-04-19/undertaken-the-next-generation-of-funeral-directors Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /news/2022-10-20/here-details-funerals-services-raleigh-shooting-victims-hedingham Families and friends of the five mass shooting victims in Raleigh are putting together plans — and raising money — to say their final goodbyes. Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:43:13 GMT /news/2022-10-20/here-details-funerals-services-raleigh-shooting-victims-hedingham Mitchell Northam /arts-culture/2021-03-25/with-mourning-rituals-put-on-hold-north-carolinians-adapt-to-grieve Around 12,000 North Carolinians have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began in March 2020, leaving countless friends and families forced to adapt to honor their loved ones. From live-streamed funerals to in-person memorials with tight attendance, for many, the rituals that traditionally guide loved ones through the process of grief have been stripped away or put on hold. Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:31:18 GMT /arts-culture/2021-03-25/with-mourning-rituals-put-on-hold-north-carolinians-adapt-to-grieve Laura Pellicer /health/2020-04-23/embodied-how-covid-19-disrupts-the-rituals-of-death-and-dying Death is a taboo topic. Acknowledging it feels like an admission of defeat — that there is no hope left. But in the face of a pandemic, death surrounds… Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:59:40 GMT /health/2020-04-23/embodied-how-covid-19-disrupts-the-rituals-of-death-and-dying Josie Taris, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-23/embodied-how-covid-19-disrupts-the-rituals-of-death-and-dying Death is a taboo topic. Acknowledging it feels like an admission of defeat — that there is no hope left. But in the face of a pandemic, death surrounds… Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:59:40 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-23/embodied-how-covid-19-disrupts-the-rituals-of-death-and-dying Josie Taris, Anita Rao /race-demographics/2020-04-22/black-funerals-covid-19-and-the-importance-of-saying-goodbye North Carolina's stay-at-home order includes a prohibition on gatherings of more than 10 people. In Durham, that restriction is no more than five people.… Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:32:34 GMT /race-demographics/2020-04-22/black-funerals-covid-19-and-the-importance-of-saying-goodbye Leoneda Inge /military/2020-04-07/coronavirus-pandemic-postpones-veterans-final-military-ceremony COVID-19 is changing all aspects of life — including the rituals we associate with death. All funerals have been upended, but veterans have now lost one… Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:53:36 GMT /military/2020-04-07/coronavirus-pandemic-postpones-veterans-final-military-ceremony Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio, Jay Price /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-07/coronavirus-pandemic-postpones-veterans-final-military-ceremony COVID-19 is changing all aspects of life — including the rituals we associate with death. All funerals have been upended, but veterans have now lost one… Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:53:36 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-07/coronavirus-pandemic-postpones-veterans-final-military-ceremony Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio, Jay Price /law/2019-10-31/dis-embodied-the-legal-challenges-of-our-death-denying-culture October in American culture is decorated with death. But after Halloween, we put the fake skulls and tombstones back in the box in the attic, to be… Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:12:01 GMT /law/2019-10-31/dis-embodied-the-legal-challenges-of-our-death-denying-culture Josie Taris, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-31/dis-embodied-the-legal-challenges-of-our-death-denying-culture October in American culture is decorated with death. But after Halloween, we put the fake skulls and tombstones back in the box in the attic, to be… Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:12:01 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-10-31/dis-embodied-the-legal-challenges-of-our-death-denying-culture Josie Taris, Anita Rao