She also helps the families prepare memorial folders and prayer cards, which contain a verse and some information about the deceased. Stidham pulls out a blue binder and thumbs through a collection of verses that families can choose from if they do not have one in mind. After the service is planned, the employees at Prevatt coordinate the starting time and make arrangements for the minister to be at the chapel. Miller said he makes a closing announcement and stands by to ensure everything runs smoothly. He arranges for the pall bearer to carry the person to the gravesite and follows the family to the cemetery.
Employees stay at the cemetery until the lid is closed and the casket is lowered.
From there, the process is taken over by the cemetery. It can get under your skin. You have to be strong when half the time you feel like crying along with everybody else. As much as you don't like to get involved, you try not to, but you can't help it. Miller and Stidham both stressed that they enjoy their job, although when explaining their occupation to others they tend to receive a few questions.