Definition of funeral director
: one whose profession is the management of funerals and who is usually an embalmer
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the funeral director instructed the pallbearers on how to proceed
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Photo: Jennifer May for The Wall Street Journal Jack Heard, 69, a funeral director who lives in Fernandina Beach, Fla., bought his private car, called the Georgia 300, in 1986 for about $42,000.
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Speakers include a hip hop artist, an archaeologist, and a funeral director.
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Kraft, who is not a licensed funeral director, served as the secretary and treasurer at the funeral home, while her son, Russell Kraft Jr., became the president, according to the affidavit.
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According to an online obituary, Anderson was an aspiring funeral director embalmer.
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During the trial proceedings, the court heard from a funeral director in Charlottesville, who said that public mourning generally lasts for a period of 30 to 40 days, reports Caleb Stewart of WHSV.
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Camden County also works with funeral directors and clergy, and inters unclaimed remains in a sprawling, centuries-old cemetery at the Lakeland complex in Blackwood.
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To bury her, Liston would need a funeral home and funeral director to process a death certificate, for a doctor to sign the death certificate, permission from her family, and a few more pieces of information.
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Timothy Mott noticed Wilburn hanging around and told the funeral director to watch him, Salazar told the jury.
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First Known Use of funeral director
1834
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: a person whose job is to arrange and manage funerals
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