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A grave robber nabbed the homemade coffin right off Dixie Blalock's front porch, along with the skeleton inside. The thief sneaked onto the porch between Monday and Tuesday afternoon and swiped the 6-foot coffin, along with a “big ol' ugly rat,” she said. Monks at St. Joseph Abbey had been furnishing caskets for its deceased abbots for years, but in the 1990s its handmade burial boxes started getting more interest from the public. They decided to launch St. Joseph Woodworks on Nov. 1, 2007 – All Saints Day. Selling a handmade casket at an auction may seem to some a bit unusual, but Bobby Webster of Callaway hasn't exactly had an ordinary life. Webster, 78, will be selling a casket he built for his wife at a "Good Ole Boy" auction at his home on Custers Ridge A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that monks at St. Joseph Abbey near Covington should be allowed to sell handmade caskets from their monastery, despite opposition from Louisiana's funeral home directors who claimed a sole right to sell caskets in When his family laid Ted Wasko to rest on Oct. 2, they knew his final resting place reflected the life he lived. Ted, described by his family as hard-working, practical and simple, was buried in a plain casket built by his sons, son-in-law and grandsons The Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors appealed that ruling to the Fifth Circuit. The monks at the St. Joseph Abbey began selling the handmade caskets after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the abbey’s timberland outside Covington .

One received a typical American funeral. The other was a more DIY affair, including a homemade casket. During the course of the two funerals, Alexander learned a lot about the death industry and the resurgence of homebrew funerals. He wrote up his (RNS) A group of woodworking Louisiana monks is celebrating after a federal appeals court ruled they can sell simple handmade caskets – and local funeral directors can’t stop them. But then he told me about one homemade coffin he’d encountered. “The family made it years ahead of time, and by the time the person died, it had warped.” He gave me a look: You don’t want to know the details. There was his sales pitch, and I was Damon Root reported in October that the Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit had struck down a rule attempting to block a group of monks from selling their own handmade caskets Follow this story and more at Reason 24/7. If you have a story that .

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