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Missouri board revokes Butler County funeral director's license over death certificates

Why this matters

Both cited violations are documentation failures tied to death certificates, not allegations about how remains were handled. That distinction matters for readers weighing how serious this action is relative to other license revocations.

Missouri’s State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors stripped Andrew “Andy” Trammel Moore of Butler County of both his professional credentials — funeral director license 2001012178 and embalmer license 2002003610 — the state’s Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) announced March 26, 2026. DCI cited two documentation failures under Missouri Revised Statutes sections 333.330 and 193.145: giving false information about final disposition on one death certificate, and never filing a death certificate for a second individual.

With both licenses gone, DCI’s notice makes clear Moore is barred from working, or holding himself out, as either a funeral director or an embalmer anywhere in the state. Region 8 News (KAIT8), a local television outlet covering southeastern Missouri, reported the same revocation the same day.

This brief covers only the Moore case; DCI’s notice does not state whether Moore has appealed the revocation.

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