AGEG News

2026 MEMBERSHIPS ARE DUE

Be a Part of the Only Association in Georgia Focused on Embalmers
Our members are a great pool of information for embalmers across the state and the southeast.
We offer specific training for your profession and opportunities to earn your Continuing Education Hours for licensing requirements. 
AGEG members receive discounted event pricing and AGEG News directly in their email inbox.  
Visit HERE for the 2026 membership form, FAQ, and important reminders.

DON'T LOSE YOUR MEMBER BENEFITS

Non-renewals as March 30 will be removed from our email sytem, mailing lists, and our private Facebook group. 
**Non-members do not receive member pricing for AGEG events and do not receive AGEG News emails or event mailers.
Non-members do not have permission to use the AGEG logo.** 

DEATH NOTICES

To notify us of a funeral professional or their loved ones passing send an email to the AGEG office or by our CONTACT US.
**Remember to include the relation for loved ones of funeral service professionals and a link to the obituary.** 
Notices will be shared with our members via email, posted on our public Facebook page, posted in our private Facebook group,
included in our annual Memorial Service, and posted on our website HERE. 

MEMBER NEWS ITEMS

Do you have good news you want to share with your 
fellow funeral service professionals? 
Let us know and we'll help you get the word out.  
Visit HERE to submit your news. 

REMINDERS

AGEG does NOT use Zelle or Pay Pal. We do NOT use third party companies to solicit hotels rooms for our events. 

If you receive an email of this nature, do not click on any links or
 reply to the email. Instead, report/mark the email as spam and
delete it from your email system, including the trash folder. 

CONTINUING EDUCATION CERTIFICATES

It is the attendee's responsibility to sign-in on the state CE sign-in sheets, obtain their CE Certificate, and receive the CE stamp after sessions conclude while on-site at our events. It is also the attendee's responsibility to maintain their certificates for their licensing needs after our events.

Requests for replacement certificates MUST be in writing. Requests will not be accepted by phone or text. 

  • Requests must include licensee name, license number, phone number, mailing address, email address, and the event you are requesting a replacement certificate. 
  • Replacement certificates are dependent on AGEG staff's ability to verify your attendance by our event's CE Certificate sign-in sheets and event check-in records.
Requests may be submitted HERE

Allow for 10 business days for processing your request.
Do not send multiple requests or follow up inquiries. Allow time for our archives/files to be reviewed and for a new certificate to be created. 

Financial Scams Continue to Target Families and Funeral Homes

We continue to receive reports of scams impacting families during their time of grief. We strongly encourage you to inform the families you serve of your funeral home's policies/billing practices and remind them to not give any information to individuals contacting them for payments or refunds. Instead they should hang up and directly contact your funeral home, especially when asked for payment. We also encourage a statement on your funeral home's website about your policies. Your staff should also aware scams are also impacting funeral homes. Always confirm any requests for services outside of the arrangements directly with the family you are serving. 

Reports include unauthorized individuals contacting families, stating they are from the funeral home or insurance company, and requesting immediate payment to continue with the plans made. Examples which have been shared: lost check and immediate payment is required; requesting payment by credit card or cash app; stating the family is due a refund and requesting bank or credit card information to issue the refund; asking the family to participate in a survey about the recent funeral and awarding a gift card for their participation; however, a credit card is needed to verify identity; and callers using funeral home staff names.

In addition, we have received information regarding another type of scam directed at funeral homes. We encourage you to share this information with your funeral home staff to protect your business. Funeral homes are receiving requests for services from their website's Contact option. They usually involve a request for services for a deceased relative who died out of state, out of country, or during COVID. Each one contains a request to reserve a specific vendor for food or music. When the vendor is contacted an immediate deposit is required to reserve the requested date because “they had several other people requesting their services at the same time and needed to lock in the time requested.

Attention: If a family you serve or your funeral home has been impacted or has information about any contact of this nature,
they should contact their local authorities to report the incident. 

Additional ways to report: 
Visit HERE to understand more about imposter scams and information you can share with the families you serve and your staff. 

Here are tips from Federal Trade Commission you can share

  • Resist the pressure to act immediately. Honest businesses will give you time to make a decision. Anyone who pressures you to pay or give them your personal information is a scammer.
  • Contact the funeral home directly. Use a phone number that you know is real, not one you got from the scammer's text, email, or phone call. If you don't know it, you'll find it on the General Price List you got from the funeral home.
  • Know how scammers tell you to pay. Scammers want to get your money immediately, and in a way that makes it hard to track them down and hard for you to get your money back. Never pay someone who insists you pay with a wire transfer, cryptocurrency, or a gift card. And never deposit a check and send money back to someone.

LICENSE & REGULATORY

GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICE NEWS

  • Your license expires March 31, 2026. The late renewal period is April 1, 2026, to April 30, 2026.
  • The Georgia State Board of Funeral Service is no longer accepting paper applications. All paper applications received will be returned to sender. Please log into the GOALS portal to submit applications.
>>>>> CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS REMINDER <<<<< 
At least five (5) hours of the total ten (10) hours required be obtained in-person or via live webinar that is instructor led with student interaction, where student participation is monitored and verified.  All Funeral Directors and Embalmers licensed by the Georgia State Board
 of Funeral Service must submit proof of meeting continuing education (CE) requirements for license renewal.
The Board utilizes CE Broker to track CE completion.

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