Supersized coffins for a hefty population.

• Position: Americana - Brief Article

Perhaps nowhere is the issue of obesity in America more vividly illustrated than at Goliath Casket in Lynn, Ind., manufacturers of oversize coffins. There one can see a triple-wide coffin--44 inches across, compared with 24 inches for a standard model. With reinforced hinges and handles, the triple-wide is designed to handle 700 pounds. When Keith and Julane Davis started Goliath Casket in the Late 1980s, they sold one triple-wide each year. But times, along with waistlines, have changed; the Davises now ship four or five triple-wides a month, and the company's sales...