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Ash Scatterings and Full Body Burials at Sea Lecture in Barnstable

Barnstable Senior Center
Captain Brad White
 (100 GT Master License) shares real life experiences, USCG requirements, EPA laws, state to state regulations and general certifications, as well as funeral home needs. He will advise the proper and traditional protocols for the perfect Sea Tribute. Capt White has lectured at MIT in Boston, the US Coast Guard, and provides many continuing education courses at Funeral Homes, Senior Centers, Hospice across New England, Churches, and is often invited as an expert speaker for national events. 

Capt. White’s informative and entertaining presentation is full of facts and figures with a light sense of historical whimsy. PowerPoint presentation, audio, video, handouts and more are available.   
New England Burials At Sea LLC is the largest national provider for customized ash scattering memorials and full body burials at sea events serving all faiths with personalized and affordable services. Based in Marshfield Hills, MA, the company operates year round from Maine to Miami on the east coat, and from San Diego to Washington on the west coast.  Recommended and approved by many funeral homes. 

Using over 50 sea different burial-certified vessels from 6 up to 400 people, NEBAS works directly with clients and with hundreds of funeral homes across America to honor the final wishes of thousands of people who want to be buried at sea.  Each event includes an official ship’s parchment sea burial certificate marking the coordinates of the decedent’s final resting place, eight bell end of watch blessing, and a ten gauge cannon salute as the ship circles the flower field.  Families are welcome to participate... "and when you look at the water you will always see me."

As seen in the Boston GlobeBoston Business JournalWCVB-TV 5 program ChronicleNESN NewsSHOWTIME, Wall Street Journal, FOX News, Mother Jones, WIRED Magazine and more.   

NEBAS has become the “Go To” company for sea burials. For more information and a free information kit, call (781) 834. 7500 or visit us online at www.NewEnglandBurialsAtSea.com, or text SEA to 75309.

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