Organizations and Support Groups
Candlelighters Foundation
P.O. Box 498, Kensington
MD 20895-0498
http://www.candlelighters.org
The Compassionate Friends
P.O. Box 2696
Oak Brook, IL 60522-3696
877-969-0010
http://www.compassionatefriends.org
Council for Infant Survival
2956 Eric Lane
Dallas, TX 75234.
National Sudden Infant/Death Syndrome (SIDS) Foundation
8280 Greensboro Drive, Suite 300
McLean, VA 22102
866-866-7437
sids@circlesolutions.com
Parents of Murdered Children
100 East Eighth Street, Suite B-41
Cincinnati, OH 45202.
natlpomc@aol.com.
Tennessee Program for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
State Department of Health, 425 5th Avenue, North,
Cordell Hull Building
Nashville, TN 37247
615-741-7353
Pinky.Noble-Britton@state.tn.us.
SUNRISE Aftercare Grief Program
Sponsored by Shackelford Funeral Homes, Casey Funeral Home, and Johnson Funeral Home
Don Harold Lawrence, Coordinator
145 Abernathy Drive
Adamsville, TN 38310-3001
731-632-4483
carousel@centurytel.net
The Association for Death Education and Counseling
342 North Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06117-2507
860-586-7503
www.adec.org
Center for Death Education and Bioethics
1725 State Street
La Crosse, WI 54601-3742
608-785-6784
Grief Recovery Institute
www.griefrecovery.com
The National Center for Death Education
Mt. Ida College
777 Dedham Street
Newton Center, MA 02159
617-969-7000 ext. 249
www.mountida.edu
The Cove (Assisting bereaved children and their families)
www.covect.org
National Funeral Directors Association
P.O. Box 27641
Milwaukee, WI 53227-0641
262-789-1880
www.nfda.org
Tennessee Funeral Directors Association
1616 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37203
615-321-8792
800-537-1599
www.tnfda.org
American Cancer Society
2935 US Hwy 45 Bypass
Jackson, TN 38305
731-664-4663
www.cancer.org
Cancer Family Care
www.cancerfamilycare.org
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
212-502-7600
www.afbinfo@aft.net
American Lung Association
One Vantage Way
Suite C-250
Nashville, TN 37228
615-329-1151
www.lungusa.org
American Heart Association, Inc.
122 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10019
212-878-5900
www.americanheart.org
The Arthritis Foundation
One Vantage Way
Suite D-220
Nashville, TN 37228
615-254-6795
800-454-4662
Email: info.tn@arthritis.org
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
405 South Parliament Drive, Suite 105
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
757-490-9627
www.nmss.org
National Kidney Foundation
30 East 33rd Street Suite 1100
New York, NY 10016
212-889-2210
www.kidney.org
Stroke Foundation, Inc.
898 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
212-734-3461
www.LifeAfterAStroke.com
Mental Health Offices
Agape Counseling Center
77 Executive Drive
Jackson, TN 38305
886-668-9698
www.agapemeanslove.org
Senior Care Unit
805 Squirrel Hollow Drive
Linden, TN 37096
931-589-9135
Chester County Quinco Center
925 East Main Street
Henderson, TN 38340
731-989-3401
Decatur County Quinco Center
P.O. Box 395
259 West Main Street
Decaturville, TN 38329
731-852-3112
Hardeman County Quinco Center
10710 Old Highway 64
Bolivar, TN 38008
731-658-6113
Hardin County Quinco Center
1105 Pickwick Road
Savannah, TN 38372
731-925-5054
Henderson County Quinco Center
120 East Church Street
Lexington, TN 38351
731-967-8803
Madison County Quinco Center
45 Executive Drive, Suite A
Jackson, TN 38305
731-664-2083
McNairy County Quinco Center
641 East Poplar Avenue
Selmer, TN 38375
731-645-5753
Hospice Care
Mercy Hospice, Inc.
137 Cypress Avenue
Selmer, TN 38375
731-646-1213
hospicem@bellsouth.net
Hospice of West Tennessee
1804 Hwy. 45 By-Pass, Suite 100
Jackson, TN 38305
731-664-4220
www.wth.net (go to Cancer, then to Hospice)
Superior Home Health and Hospice
1001 South Harper Road
Corinth, MS 38834
662-286-4244
awalker@mrhc.org
National Hospice Organization
1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 625
Arlington, VA 22314
703-837-1500
www.nhpco.org
Living Wills and Organ Donation
Concern for Dying
250 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10017
The Living Bank
P.O. Box 6725
Houston, TX 77265
www.livingbank.org/bodydonation.html
Suicide Prevention
American Association of Suicidology
4201 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 408
Washington, D.C. 20008
202-237-2280
www.suicidology.org
Survivors of Suicide
Crisis Intervention Center
P.O. Box 40752
Nashville, TN 37204-0752
615-244-7444
http://www.survivorsofsuicide.com/
Suicide and Crisis Intervention Hotline
Memphis, TN
901-274-7477
800-784-2433
Widows and Widowers
Widowed Persons Service
American Association of Retired Persons
601 East Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20049
800-687-2277
www.aarp.org
Older Women’s League
1750 New York Avenue, Suite 350
Washington, D.C. 20006
202-783-6686
800-825-3695
www.owlinfo@owl-national.org
Parents Without Partners, Inc.
1650 South Dixie Highway, Suite 510
Boca Raton, FL 33432
561-391-8833
www.parentswithoutpartners.org
National Association of Military Widows
4023 25th Road North
Arlington, VA 22207
703-527-4565
Society of Military Widows, Inc.
5535 Hempstead Way
Springfield, VA 22151
703-750-1342
Advice on Financial Planning
The Money Management Institute
Suite 703
1101 17th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036-4726
www.moneyinstitute.com
Assistance for Victims of Crime
National Organization for Victim Assistance
1730 Park Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20010
202-232-6682
Twenty-four hour hotline: 202-393-6682
www.try-nova.org
Books and Videos
Christina Baldwin, One to One: Self-Understanding Through Journal Writing
Christina Baldwin, Life’s Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest
Joanne E. Bernstein, Books to Help Children Cope with Separation and Loss
G.W. Davidson, Understanding Death of the Wished For Child
Fitzhugh Dodson, How to Single Parent
Erna Furman, A Child’s Parent Dies: Studies in Childhood Bereavement
Donna Gaffney, The Seasons of Grief: Helping Children Grow Through Loss
Earl Grollman, Concerning Death: A Practical Guide for the Living
Earl Grollman, Living When a Love One has Died
Earl Grollman, Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child
John Hewett, After Suicide
Edgar N. Jackson, You and Your Grief
Edgar N. Jackson, Telling a Child about Death
Edgar N. Jackson, When Someone Dies
James and Cherry, The Grief Recovery Handbook
Amy Hillyard Jensen, Healing Grief
Claudia Jewett, Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss
Joy and S.M. Johnson, Children Die, Too
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Death: The Final Stage of Growth
Harold Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Edna LeShan, Learning to Say Good-by
Limbo and Wheeler, When a Baby Dies: A Handbook for Healing and Helping
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Hour of Gold
Janice Lord, No Time for Goodbyes (Unexpected death)
Lukas and Seidert, Silent Grief, Living in the Wake of Suicide
Doug Manning, Don’t Take My Grief Away
Bill McDonald, Making the Pieces Fit (Video)
William A. Miller, When Going to Pieces Holds You Together
Peppers and Knapp, How to go on Living After the Death of a Baby
Eugenia Price, Getting Through the Night
Therese A. Rando, How to Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies
Catherine Sanders, Surviving Grief
Catherine Sanders, The Mourning After
Schaefer and Lyons, How Do We Tell the Children?Sharapan, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: Dealing with Death on a Children’s Television Series
Harriet Sarnoff Schiff, The Bereaved Parent
Judy Tatelbaum, The Courage to Grieve (also video)
Linda Jane Vogel, Helping a Child Understand Death
Elizabeth Watson, Guests of My Life
Granger E. Westberg, Good Grief
Martha Whitmore, The Growing Season
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