Reading the room is one of those social skills most of us think we’ve mastered, until we find ourselves in a situation where ...

Funerals are delicate affairs, and every word and action carries weight. But high emotions, grief, and pure awkwardness can ...

When I was in seminary back in the mid-1980s, I was informed by some of my seminary teachers that the old funeral (requiem) Masses were a very dark affair. Black vestments and somber prayers, all ...

The entrance to the prairie at the Glen Forest Natural Burial Cemetery, a green burial site. Green burial is a way of caring for the dead with minimal environmental impact. Cassie (Wheeler) Dues / ...

Sustainability asks us to think generations ahead — to care for the planet we will leave to those who come after us. Funerals, by contrast, ask us to honor those who came before. Green burial brings ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dolly Parton, the Queen of Country, died last month from an undisclosed form of cancer. (Terry Wyatt via Getty Images) Dolly ...

Dolly Parton never forgot her humble Smoky Mountain origins. So no one should be surprised that she did not choose one of her own songs to be played at her funeral. Instead, she’s picked “If We Never ...

Dolly Parton had one musical request for her funeral, and she revealed what song she chose in an interview 12 years before her death.

"I'm sure they'll be playing 'I Will Always Love You' when I die, just like they did with Whitney Houston," she said in a 2015 interview -- but she had a different pick. By Alicia Urrea Dolly Parton ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. LightFieldStudios / Getty Images Median ...