A mortician at Jabez Dominic Funeral Home explains why workers also knock at the mortuary and ask the deceased for permission before bathing or embalming them.

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A knock on the door usually signals that someone is about to enter a room, but for some morticians, knocking before entering ...

A knock on the door usually signals that someone is about to enter a room, but for some morticians, knocking before entering the mortuary is more than a routine act.

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When Jules Coon died, her family bypassed conventional burial rituals — no embalming, casket or concrete burial vault. After a funeral home refrigerated her ...