Couple arrested in funeral home thefts
A couple who managed a funeral home and cemetery in Elberton swindled more than $20,000 from the business owner over the past four years, sheriff's officials say.

Rich: Finding a reason to laugh, even at a funeral
You know how it happens. You go to the funeral home to pay respects and run into people you haven't seen in ages. Many years have passed, but yet y'all begin telling stories -- always the funny ones -- and, there in the midst of grief, you begin to laugh.

Funerals begin for Italy quake victims
L'AQUILA, Italy - Bells tolled in hilltowns across central Italy on Wednesday as the first funerals got under way for victims of the country's devastating earthquake. The Vatican granted a dispensation so a funeral Mass for most of the 272 dead could be celebrated on Good Friday.

Winehouse family, friends attend singer’s funeral
LONDON — Wearing dark suits, black dresses and the occasional beehive hairdo, friends and family said goodbye to Amy Winehouse Tuesday with prayers, tears, laughter and song at an emotional funeral ceremony.