My dad passed suddenly from hypertension but I could not mourn his death due to all the drama from this blood sucking mortuary. Edward Loche was instructed to only deal with me as I am the client who hired him. However, he gave out any information that ANYONE asked about. For example, I arrived to the mortuary to view my dad's body after purchasing his clothes to make sure everything was together for the funeral. Several people showed for the appointment believing it was a wake because Edward and his ghetto receptionist was providing information to people they claim they knew from previous funeral service.
I found this to be extremely unprofessional but it was too late to change from this nasty cheap looking place.
Moreover, Edward thought because I was young dealing with the funeral plans of my dad alone, he tried to add numbers to my bill. For example, my dad's body was embalmed in Nashville, TN but Edward placed an extra 350.00 for embalming at his mortuary. Now I may be inexperience with planning a funeral but I know, it is not necessary to embalm a body twice. This guy was a headache alone to deal with. Due to all the turmoil caused by this place, i decided to have my dad cremated instead of using their shady service. This made Edward Loche UPSET because he said that he is losing money now. This is were I saw him for who he really is! I witnessed him yell at his employees, i don't know if Gloria is a wife or what but he had a nasty way of dealing with her. They created online things for his services without approving it with me as well. They just did what they want and thought theyll just tell me "its apart of the package." I was suppose to hand them my money for them to take care of everything. I wasnt allowed to pick a flower color nor anything else.
During a funeral especially during a sudden death, there will always be disputes among the family but Edward Loche enjoyed my family issues. He began having the nerve to feel sorry for people and tried to counsel me on being more softer to MY family as if thats what Im paying him for! People was stopping to the mortuary to view my dad and he allowed this and didnt not tell me until people off the street informed me about it. HE ALLOWED THIS BECAUSE HE SAiD HE FELT SORRY. I DIDNT AND WASNT PAYING FOR HIS FEELS, I PAID FOR A SERVICE. This is why I do not use anything BLACK owned because its always a scam or something going underneath the surface.
The ultimate disrespect to me as the person who hired this mortuary, was the fact that Edward Loche was updating and communicating with people who was not family blood. The family was updated by friends of Edward Loche who knew my dad. He called me to update me about information that I already knew from strangers telling the family. He formed opinions instead of doing his damn job! I was Never the first call he made but I shouldve been the only one. He lied to me on several occasions regarding him giving out personal information cause so much confusion. People was also able to get the price of his service and the amount already paid. HOW COULD HE BELIEVE THIS WAS ANYONE'S BUSINESS OR THAT THIS WAS OKAY????
i WILL NEVER RECOMMEND THIS PLACE TO ANYONE! I THANK GOD THAT ITS ALL OVER.
IF YOU USE THIS PLACE, CAREFULLY CHECK YOUR RECEIPT AND DONT BE BOTHERED BY HIS ATTITUDE WHEN YOURE ASKING QUESTIONS. IF HE IS BOTHERED BY YOUR QUESTION, YOURE PROBABLY ASKING THE RIGHT THINGS. I WILL REPORT MY EXPERIENCE TO THE BOARD AS WELL. i cannot properly explain the stress from this unprofessional and tacky place. Never again Lord!