Six years ago, Kelly Avery and Kristin Harper, sisters from Birmingham, Ala., gathered their families by the sky-blue ocean waters of Destin, Fla., to memorialize their mother, Barbara Harper. They ...

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The full article, Steps to Take Immediately After a Death, features insights from David Romeo of Ruland Funeral Home in ...

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