Funeral industry takes hit with shrinking budget

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FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A good month for business at the Gary Rollins Funeral Home used to be eight or nine funerals. Over the last decade, that average has dropped to three or four at the South Street funeral home that mainly serves Frederick’s black community, he said.

“We are way, way down,” Gary Rollins said.

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