Troubled cemetery operator racks up complaints, more … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance has fined StoneMor-owned cemeteries at a higher rate since the Problem Solvers started covering their issues, according to a WREG analysis of state documents. When the Problem Solvers first met Eddie Hayslett in the summer of 2021, he was mourning his late wife and having […]
Renovations at troubled mausoleum finally begin MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It took nearly two years for Merdis Pewitt to get relief over the state of the mausoleum where her husband was laid to rest at Forest Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Park’s South Memphis location. Pewitt first called the Problem Solvers in early 2021. We stayed on top of her story the […]
Cemetery waited months to address leaking bodies JACKSON, Tenn. — New documents obtained by WREG show a Tennessee cemetery operator waited five months to act on a broken maintenance item that led to body leakage. According to a state order, an employee at the Jackson Highland Memorial Gardens cemetery let the general manager know about a broken air conditioner as early as […]
Leaking body fluids found in Tennessee mausoleum JACKSON, Tenn. — Cemetery operator StoneMor allowed the mausoleum at one of its Jackson facilities to fall into extreme disrepair, leading to body leakage and a shutdown of the facility, according to Tennessee regulators. The issues come after a string of similar problems exposed by WREG at StoneMor’s Memphis facilities, including the three Forest Hill […]
Funeral home buries stranger in loved one’s grave, … MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — A family is in disbelief after they say Forest Hill Funeral Home in Memphis buried a stranger where their loved one was supposed to be buried, and they found out was they were supposed to be having the funeral. Ninety-six-year-old Thomas Pharr died last week. He lived a full life as […]
Troubled Memphis cemetery cited for rats causing … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance has issued another fine against a troubled Memphis cemetery. According to the department, Forest Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Park, owned by a parent company called StoneMor, allowed a rat infestation to go on for nearly a year inside their body preparation building at the […]
Cemetery operator ordered to pay $14,000 to state … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Forest Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Park’s ownership company StoneMor signed a consent order last Friday, meaning the cemetery operator admitted rats did eat away at two bodies waiting for preparation at their Whitten Road facility. WREG first reported the allegations earlier this month, when we obtained a complaint from a former […]
Has Forest Hill cemetery cleaned up its act as promised? … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Problem Solvers are working to hold a troubled Memphis cemetery chain accountable after they promised to make updates to dilapidated conditions we uncovered at their Elvis Presley location and deal with the fallout from a rat infestation at the northeast Memphis location that impacted dead bodies waiting for preparation. The Problem […]
Troubled Memphis area cemetery addresses complaints, … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Evidence has been mounting against Forest Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Park, which has three Memphis locations. The cemetery faces numerous citations from Tennessee regulators and a long list of unhappy customers. Merdis Pewitt regrets what she sees every time she visits her husband at the Midtown location’s mausoleum. The building has […]
Memphis funeral home buries stranger in loved one’s … As the ceremony was about to start, the staff shared some alarming news.
Records: Forest Hill waited months to notify family … MEMPHIS, Tenn. — WREG has obtained two new documents revealing more about the timeline showing when a Memphis funeral home allowed rats to partially eat away at bodies in their care. It happened twice at Forest Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Park East. According to affidavits submitted by Forest Hill management to the state, of […]
