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Richard Jerkins designed the JMS 1550 embalming machine for control at lower pressures, and our son Liam builds each one in Castlewood, Virginia.

Richard delivers fluids, instruments, prep room supplies, cosmetics and plastics to funeral homes himself. Order online and pay when it arrives.

We repair cemetery lowering devices, church trucks, cots, casket holders and embalming tables, along with embalming machines.

What arterial fluid index means, when a higher index earns its keep, when low index makes sense, and why a jaundice case needs its own fluid.

Unionalls, coveralls, shirt jackets, pants, stockings, booties and sleeves from Classic Plastics, and what each garment covers.

Embalming fluid ships UPS Ground as a hazardous material, to licensed funeral homes in the lower 48 states only. Here is what to expect when you order.

Drugstore makeup counts on body heat. Derma Pro mortuary cosmetics are formulated to work without it. Here is what we carry and how the pieces work together.

First call removals for funeral homes across Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina at any hour, with nationwide transport and prices listed.

How trade embalming works with Jerkins Mortuary Services: Richard comes to your prep room, the decedent stays in your care, and the family stays yours.

How to tell whether your embalming machine needs a repair or a rebuild, why we usually keep your housing and replace the internals, and when a new machine makes sense.