In the basement of an old factory building on East Main Street, a small, unadorned space with a cracked concrete floor serves as a showroom. Urns gathered from area flea markets fill the shelves.

WASHINGTON (RNS) A group of Catholic monks can continue selling their handmade caskets after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Louisiana funeral directors. “We really can now move ...

NEW ORLEANS (CN) - An order of monks can sell handmade caskets without a Louisiana funeral home license, a federal judge ruled. The monks of St. Joseph, a Catholic monastery of 38 monks located in ...

RED LICK — You might say Lee Roberson has a down-to-earth pastime. He makes handmade coffins. When he isn't busy bricklaying, Roberson fashions coffins from wood he cuts from his southern Madison ...

People are building their own coffins and displaying them in their homes, just waiting around until they die. Casketbuildersupply.com; Lastthings.net People are dying for this DIY project. Across the ...

Reporting from BEAR CREEK, N.C. — Don Byrne is only 45, but he’s already planned his burial. He wants to be lowered into a shovel-dug grave in one of his own handmade pine coffins. Byrne lives off the ...

James Howard’s Annapolis living room seems, at first glance, like any other. He’s got a couch, a fish tank with a flat-screen television mounted above it, a few lamps, and sitting on the coffee table ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) “We really can now move forward without worrying about being shut down,” said Deacon Mark Coudrain, manager of St. Joseph Woodworks in Covington, La. WASHINGTON (RNS) A group of ...