{Elkview, West Virginia}...Rick Myers, 58, of Elkview, appeared before a Kanawha County magistrate Tuesday after being accused of operating his funeral home, Myers and Son, in Elkview without a license on three occasions in 2010. Delays in the handling of a Kanawha County woman's funeral landed Myers in hot water with the state Board of Funeral Service Examiners. The woman died over the Thanksgiving 2010 holiday, but her body was not picked up from the morgue at Charleston Area Medical Center Hospital until after her family held her memorial service. Her body was not cremated until about a week after the service. Myers says it was difficult to find a doctor to sign the woman's death certificate because of the holiday. If convicted of the misdemeanor offense, Myers faces a maximum fine of $10,000.
