They couldn't find a cheaper funeral parlor?

[RgrF]

Carnes also ordered all three former officers to reimburse Johnston’s estate the $8,180 it cost to bury the 92-year-old woman wrote:

avoid Atlanta

[Grateful11]

Not sure if that was sarcasm or what but you haven't buried anyone
lately have you? That's a bargain basement price.

[RgrF]

Forgot the sarcasm tags.<>

It wasn't about the funeral cost, it was about the unintended consequences we get when police departments come to depend on drug busts to supplement finances. Somehow or another we took what was a criminal matter and turned it into a revenue stream for local law enforcement.

Extremely poor public policy.

[samintx]

The interesting thing to me when I buried my companion and mother....cremations used to be less than 1,000.00 but now to make up for the money undertakers are losing the cremation with a little box container now costs 4,000.00 and so....If you buy a fancy urn...well...those go up and up.

[kap]

Would donation of one's body to science be the cheapest 'cremation'?

[Pops]

That issue's been handled elsewhere, but not linkable here under the rules.

[RgrF]

kap wrote:
Would donation of one's body to science be the cheapest 'cremation'?

Life end is sad but how much sadder if science says "no thanks". :devil: