Boone Funeral Home

Detroit.(Photo: Google Maps)Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly referenced the current status of the Barksdale Funeral Home. The establishment has been reopened.Two bodies appeared to be covered in mold and the facial area of a third body was covered in unknown fluids at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Detroit on Wednesday, when state regulators inspected the establishment and ordered its closure.The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs said that, in response to a complaint from the public, inspectors from its Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing bureau discovered "deplorable, unsanitary conditions" and remains in advanced stage of decomposition at the funeral home located at 10400 Mack Ave., on Detroit's east side.The embalming room was described as unsanitary and unclean, with peeling and chipping paint, and embalmed bodies were found on April 10 to be improperly stored in an unrefrigerated garage since November and December, LARA said in its announcement Wednesday, which cited several more violations. LARA has summarily suspended the funeral home's mortuary science establishment license because of multiple violations of the state's occupational code and the Prepaid Funeral and Cemetery Sales Act, and for being an "imminent threat to the public health and safety."The agency also summarily suspended the funeral home's prepaid funeral and cemetery sales registration and the individual mortuary science license for Jameca LaJoyce Boone, the establishment's designated manager.The Free Press attempted to reach Boone by phone at the funeral home for comment Wednesday afternoon but Boone was not immediately available. “Michigan residents trust funeral home directors, owners, and their establishments to follow the law, especially when dealing with the death of a loved one,” CSCL Director Julia Dale said in a news release. “We will continue to aggressively hold every funeral hom... (Detroit Free Press)