Funeral Consumers Alliance

Summer, 2005 — The Tennessee Funeral Directors Association and the state board of funeral directors lost a bid to shut down low-cost funeral options in Tennessee, thanks to the FCA of Middle Tennessee and FCA National. The sponsor of the bills, Sen. John Ford (a funeral director), was led away from the Senate floor in handcuffs after an FBI investigation led to allegations that Ford took bribes in exchange for favorable legislation (unrelated to funeral issues). Read all about it here!.