Inspector Michael Ameri was laid out in an open, dark-brown wood casket, with two members of the Highway District he ran standing guard on either side.

Cantrell and her daughter, RayAnn, sat in the first row, the dark wood casket by their side, as Green's eulogy called on those who loved Jason to continue his work making the city of New Orleans a ...

The 72-year-old Vietnam veteran built a pine wood casket for himself five years ago as a way to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition that wreaked havoc in his life for 20 years.