Georgia funeral home scandal. The marsh family which operates the crematory also agreed to preserve two acres as a tribute to. 300 rotting bodies found at closed georgia funeral home. 2 22 2 afp the number of bodies recovered from a georgia crematorium at the center of a grisly funeral scandal rose to 283 as officials were served a gag order not to comment on the search.
In almost all cases tri state crematory picked up the bodies from up to 30 funeral homes in georgia tennessee and alabama delivering ashes later in return said walker county coroner dewayne. Georgia crematorium corpse. He accepted bodies from 30 funeral homes in three states and was paid approximately 300 dollars per cremation.
The funeral homes agreed to pay 36 million and the insurer for tri state crematory 35 million. Crematory scandal that changed the death industry duration.