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Article: BOARD SUSPENDS LICENSE OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR WHO SENT FAMILY TWO SETS OF REMAINS FOR FATHER
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 16, 2007
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The Florida Department of Financial Services issued the following news release:
A funeral director who sent two sets of ashes to a family has been ordered to serve a six-month suspension and submit to other disciplinary measures. The decision was rendered last week during a meeting of the Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services. The board falls under the Department of Financial Services' Division of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services. Leroy Sims, Jr., was funeral director in charge of the now-defunct Serenity Memorial Funeral and Cremation Services, formerly located at 3301 5th Ave. S., in St Petersburg. The funeral establishment went out of business and the license expired ...