oldrustytulsa, Tulsa (10/29/2009 1:30:39 PM)

Whats wrong with pine boxes, remember OL John Zink, one the real rick guys right here in Tulsa, requested to be buried in a pine box, And I kind of like that idea.Does Wally World offer pine, or better yet one of them ammo boxes, with deers on them.

Few Clothes, America (10/28/2009 6:08:10 PM)

So does Costco. I plan on buying one that is silk lined so I won't chafe. I've sensitive skin.

Tim Denver, Denver (10/29/2009 12:17:53 PM)

I don't buy anything from Wal-Mart alive, why would I one I'm dead. Besdies, I plan to be cremated. Makes no sense to waste valuable land with dead and rotting bodies.

Tim Denver, Denver (10/29/2009 12:18:43 PM)

Fredsdad, I didn't read you commment. "My last cahnce to make an ash of myself." That's way too good!

FUTURE WORLD, Tulsa (10/28/2009 7:58:51 PM)

Many people are now using cardboard caskets for home funerals.

owl, Tulsa (10/29/2009 11:05:07 PM)

Not that a funeral should elicit a happy dance, but the dealings I've had with funeral homes left me knowing it was 'buyer beware' all the way. If Walmart brings some balance and needed options to a service industry which has long taken advantage of customer vulnerability, so be it.

sr71v3, (10/28/2009 7:47:45 PM)

I like the idea but they're going to have to do overnight shipping if they expect to capture much of the market. I can see funeral homes renting caskets for the 2 days while they wait for the Wal-Mart truck to pull up in the lot.

sr71v3, (10/28/2009 8:39:02 PM)

undertaker - " Funeral Homes buy U.S. made caskets because of the quality"

Who cares? Are we going to dig it up next year to see if it still looks good?

Frankly, I don't see the logic of concrete vaults and steel caskets. Shouldn't we be facilitating a return to the elements - not wasting the land for years untold? I think this whole process reeks of lobbying by the funeral industry.

antgirl3, Broken Arrow (10/28/2009 4:11:59 PM)

Sounds good to me... YOU GO WAL-MART!!!

lynette, Tulsa (10/29/2009 12:41:26 PM)

I'd rather BE dead than darken the door of a Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart is a disease. Too bad it can't curl up, die, and be buried.

fredsdad, Tulsa, OK (10/29/2009 10:59:44 AM)

While I find it depressing to think of this flawless and supple physique being abandoned and reduced to ashes or dust, I suppose that since I am no longer occupying it, I won't be unduly distressed when the time comes.

I do, however, want to cremated, and have my remains scattered from the ceiling at the next Democratic National Convention.

My last chance to make an ash of myself.

Groove Monster, San Antonio (10/29/2009 1:36:37 PM)

I agree oldrusty, I'd prefer any of my parts that can be given to someone else to extend their lives be used. Then either bake what's left of me, or plop me in the cheapest box possible, throw me in the ground and get on with your lives.

Takes less time for the worms to get through the pine versus all that plastic and junk, and I want to do my part for the planet ;)

Ignatz, A nice place where Democrats hold every office in the County. (10/28/2009 4:22:38 PM)

They need to set up combo barbe-que/crematorium out back by the car care bays.

Ignatz, A nice place where Democrats hold every office in the County. (10/28/2009 4:23:35 PM)

Glad they aren't made in China!

Alan Shore, (10/29/2009 6:10:47 AM)

Ha ha...only $888.88.

booboomom, tulsa (10/30/2009 11:25:28 AM)

So do employees get discounts on the caskets?

THESMOKEHOLE, Tulsa (10/28/2009 10:27:38 PM)

I'm not going to worry about quality too much after they close the lid...as far as I am concerned...it could be made by a group of 5th graders...while I despise Wal-mart, I applaud their efforts at making a dime by offering every product imaginable...

ACK, Tulsa (10/28/2009 7:43:31 PM)

This is good news. I had no idea that there was a federal law that covered this and they certainly do not tell you up front when you are at the funeral home. This information is quite helpful. All joking aside....this is a terrible ordeal to deal with when you are caught off gaurd with the death of a loved one and then find out how much just the casket alone is going to cost you. Those mark-ups at the funeral home are ridiculous.

Grand Old Partier, Owasso (10/28/2009 8:57:04 PM)

sr71v3- I agree with you and it's the reason why my wife and I plan to be cremated. Why waste the land?

dustyoutlaw, Tulsa (10/30/2009 7:45:56 AM)

"You load 16 tons, whadda ya get
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter don't ya call me, I can't go
I owe my soul to the Walmart Store"

Parahrase of "Sixteen tons" recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford

dustyoutlaw, Tulsa (10/30/2009 7:50:36 AM)

Funerals are for the living.

The prisons and county in most places bury people standing up to save space.

I'm a donor and if there's anything you can use to help another go for it. Whatever's left feed it to the hogs. I don't care. Just don't run up the bills of another that is already having enough problems as it is.

dustyoutlaw, Tulsa (10/30/2009 11:29:10 PM)

Overheard at a Walmart check out lane:

Clerk: Sir would you like someone to help you out with that casket?

Customer: No that's fine. I think I'll just open it up, climb in and die right here.

SS_Hippy, Tulsa (10/29/2009 9:08:08 AM)

omg

SS_Hippy, Tulsa (10/29/2009 9:09:22 AM)

i have a big Folgers can you can put my ashes in.

Elusive, the burbs (10/29/2009 5:24:46 AM)

It's always cheaper to Pre-Plan your funeral, saves money buying now instead of later when prices are higher and saves your family the grief of having to do this right after you die when they are grieving and in shock. It also takes away the guilt they feel of buying something nice for you and getting ripped off. You can buy your plot, marker, concrete vault and all that will be left for your family is opening/closing costs of the grave.