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Exhibit 4.1
                           SPECIMEN STOCK CERTIFICATE

                                   Certificate

      NUMBER                                                            SHARES
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                      ROYAL CASKET DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION
                               Florida Corporation

    100,000,000 Shares of Common Stock Authorized - Par value $.001 per share

This Certifies that
is hereby issued VOTING COMMON STOCK fully paid and non-assessable Shares of the
Capital Stock of the above named Corporation transferable only on the books of
the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized Attorney
upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Corporation has caused this Certificate to be
        signed by its duly authorized officer(s) this
                          day of           ,
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[S E A L]

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                   President                SecretaryEMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                                    Between
                     Royal Casket Distribution Corporation
                                      And
                                Don A. Paradiso

This AGREEMENT is made effective as of the 3rd day of December between Royal
Casket Distribution Corporation a Florida corporation (the "Company") and Don A.
Paradiso (the "Employee");

WHERE AS, the parties desire to enter into this Agreement setting forth the
terms and conditions for the employment relationship of this employee with the
Company;

WHERE AS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has approved and
authorized the entry into this Agreement with the Employee;

NOW, THEREFORE,  it is, agreed as follows:

1. EMPLOYMENT from the effective date of this Agreement, the Employee shall
function as President of the Company. The Employee, shall provide his services
to the Company at the direction of the Board of Directors. The Employee shall
devote his best efforts to the Company and his position which shall include such
additional duties as the Board may from time to time reasonably direct and that
are reasonably consistent with the Employee's education, experience and
background. During the terms of this Agreement there shall be no material
increase or decrease in the duties and responsibilities of the Employee other
than as provided herein, unless the parties agree otherwise in writing. During
the term of this Agreement, the Employee shall not be required to relocate.

1. COMPENSATION

(a) SALARY. Beginning once aggregate sales of the Company on an annualized basis
exceed $250,000 the Company agrees to pay the Employee during the term of this
Agreement a salary at an annual rate equal to $52,000 per year payable at the
Company's standard payroll  periods. The Employee shall not receive any annual
bonus or an incentive bonus except as may be provided by the Board.

(b) ADJUSTMENT IN SALARY. The salary of Employee shall not be decreased at any
time during the term of this Agreement unless the Employee agrees otherwise in
writing. Participation in deferred Compensation, discretionary bonuses,
retirement and other employee benefit plans and fringe benefits shall not
reduce the salary payable to employee.

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(c) OTHER BENEFITS AND PERQUISITES. The Employees shall be entitled to
participate in any plan of the Company relating to stock options, restricted
stock, employee stock purchase or ownership, pension, thrift, profit sharing,
group life insurance, medical coverage, education, or other retirement or
employee benefit plans or arrangements that the Company has adopted or may adopt
for the benefit of its employees or executive officers.

(d) BUSINESS EXPENSES. During the term of the Employee's employment by the
Company, the Company shall promptly reimburse the Employee for all reasonable
and customary expenses incurred by the Employee in performing services for the
Company, including all expenses of travel and living expenses while away from
home on business or at the request of and in the service of the Company,
provided that such expenses are incurred and accounted for in accordance with
the policies and procedures established by the Company.

3. TERM. The terms of this Agreement shall be twelve (12) months from the
effective date of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be automatically renewed
for each additional year on each anniversary date of the effective date of this
Agreement, unless either party gives contrary written notice to the other hereto
not less than thirty (30) days before such anniversary date.

4. VOLUNTARY ABSENCES: VACATIONS. The Employee shall be entitled, without loss
of pay, to be absent voluntarily for reasonable period of time from the
performance of the duties and responsibilities under this Agreement. All such
voluntary absences shall count as paid vacation time, unless the Board otherwise
approves. The Employee shall be entitled to an annual paid vacation of at least
Six Weeks per year or such longer period as the Board will approve. The timing
of paid vacations shall be scheduled in a reasonable manner by the Employee.

5. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. The Employee's employment may be terminated
without any breach of this Agreement only under the following circumstances:

(a) DEATH. The Employee's employment shall be terminated, upon his death.

(b) DISABILITY. The Company may terminate the Employee's employment because of
Disability. For this purpose see "Disability" shall mean the inability of the
Employee to perform his duties under this Agreement because of physical or
mental illness or incapacity for a continuous period of six months during which
the Employee shall have been absent from his duties under this Agreement on a
substantially full-time basis.

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(c) CAUSE. The Company may terminate the Employee's employment for CAUSE, for
purposes of this Agreement, the Company shall have "Cause" to terminate the
Employee's employment only in the event of (1) the willful and continued failure
by the Employee to substantially  perform his duties and hereunder after
delivery to the Employee of a written demand and for substantial performance
that specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes that the
Employee has not substantially  performed his duties and a reasonable
opportunity to cure; (2) willful misconduct by the Employee that causes
substantial and material injury to the business and operations of the Company,
the continuation of which, in the reasonable judgment of the Board will continue
to substantially and materially injure the business and operations of the
Company in the future; or (3) conviction of the Employee of a felony.

(d) TERMINATION OF THE EMPLOYEE. The Employee may terminate his employment at
any time by giving 30 days prior written notice to the Company.

6. CONFIDENTIALITY. In consideration of the willingness of the Company to employ
the Employee and the compensation to be paid and benefits to be received
therefore, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which  is hereby acknowledged, the Employee agrees as follows:

(a) THE COMPANY OWNS ALL OF THE EMPLOYEE'S WORK. Company acknowledges that
Employee is a full time employee and that work performed by Employee for himself
or another employer will be owned by Company. All improvements, discoveries,
inventions, designs, documents, licenses and patents, or other data devised,
conceived, made, developed, obtained, filed, perfected, acquired, or first
reduced to practice, in whole or in part, or in the regular course of employment
by the Employee during the term of this Agreement, and related in any way to the
business, including development and research, of the Company or any subsidiary
or affiliate engaged in business substantially similar to that of the Company
shall be promptly disclosed to the Company. The Employee  hereby assigns and
transfers to the Company all his right, interest and title thereto, and such
improvements, discoveries, inventions, designs, documents, licenses and patents,
or other data shall become the property of the Company.

(b) NON-DISCLOSURE INFORMATION. The Employee agrees and acknowledges that all
Confidential and Proprietary information in any form, and all copies and
extracts thereof, is and are and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of
the Company and, upon termination of his employment with the Company hereby
agrees to return to the Company the originals and all copies of any Confidential
and Proprietary information provided to or acquired by the Employee during the
period of  his employment.

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7. MISCELLANEOUS

(a) SEVERABILITY. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed so as to require
the commission of any act contrary to law and wherever this is a conflict
between any provision of this Agreement and any law, statute, ordinance, order
or regulation, the latter shall prevail, truth in such event any provision of
this Agreement shall be curtailed and limited only to the extent necessary to
bring it within applicable legal requirements, if any provision of this
Agreement should be held  invalid or unenforceable the remaining provisions
shall be unaffected by such a holding.

(b) COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and
understanding between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and
supersedes any prior understandings, agreements,  or representations by or
between the parties, written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof.

(c) SECTION HEADINGS. The section headings used in this Agreement are included
solely for convenience and shall not affect, or be used in connection with, the
interpretation of this Agreement.

(d) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Florida as such laws are applied to
contracts entered into and to be performed entirely within the State of
Florida.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered the Agreement on the
day and year first above written.

Royal Casket Distribution Corporation

/s/ DON A. PARADISO
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BY: Don A. Paradiso, Pres.

/S/ GARY JELLUM
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Countersigned by William Gary Jellum

/s/ DON A. PARADISO
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Don A. Paradiso, Employee

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