and jim halliburton stories share a common thread they say their mothers bodies were both mishandled by funeral homes owned by service corporation international a funeral conglomerate based in texas that has come to dominate the funeral industry in north america we had planned to have an intimate family service we had planned to do a celebration of life later but we never had anything we never had anything she said i literally don't know how to tell you this but mom has been cremated. she was on her way to the funeral home story with her mother's clothing. armament always taking very good care of herself she always wanted to look great she was a little bit of a fashionista and you know even even in a walker she would want to make sure she had high heels on so the fact that our mother was taken and cremated in the pajamas that she died in and without her teeth . is the part that gets me every time we never knew anything about a cia or any other of their of their brands we thought it was pleasant valley community local vernon funeral home that's been there for i don't know how many yea