Buddy Dumeyera, the Louisville deputy coroner who runs the indigent burial program, places a flag on 48-year-old Francisco Carmona's casket as students from the St. Joseph of Arimathea Society at Trinity High School prepare to perform their duties Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 at Meadow View Cemetery in Louisville, Ky. The students are, from left, Paul Adams, 18, senior, Jeremy Gaines, 16, junior, Nolan Riley, 14, freshman, Greg Atchison, 17, senior, Sean Dageforde, 17, Jake Eddy, 18, senior, school principal Dan Zoeller and social studies teacher Chad Waggoner. Counties across Kentucky, like much of the country, are seeing more cases of unclaimed bodies and families who can't afford to bury or cremate a loved one. Every situation is unique, but coroners and local government officials tell a similar story: The economic downturn has left many people without the money to pay for funeral services that can cost thousands of dollars, and it's falling on cities and states to cover the bills. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)

Workers prepare to bury Francisco Carmona Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, as graves await the indigent at Meadow View Cemetery in Louisville, Ky., the city's current Potter's Field. Counties across Kentucky, like much of the country, are seeing more cases of unclaimed bodies and families who can't afford to bury or cremate a loved one. Every situation is unique, but coroners and local government officials tell a similar story: The economic downturn has left many people without the money to pay for funeral services that can cost thousands of dollars, and it's falling on cities and states to cover the bills. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)

Students read the opening prayer from a program for the indigent burial of 48-year-old Francisco Carmona, who died in January with no family or friends, yet had a service Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 at Meadow View Cemetery in Louisville, Ky. Carmona’s was the 91st service for the poor in Louisville since Nov. 1. Counties across Kentucky, like much of the country, are seeing more cases of unclaimed bodies and families who can't afford to bury or cremate a loved one. Every situation is unique, but coroners and local government officials tell a similar story: The economic downturn has left many people without the money to pay for funeral services that can cost thousands of dollars, and it's falling on cities and states to cover the bills. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)

Trinity High School social studies teacher Chad Waggoner, left, listens as Buddy Dumeyera, the Louisville deputy coroner who runs the indigent burial program, speaks to students from the St. Joseph of Arimathea Society at Trinity High School before prayer Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 at Meadow View Cemetery in Louisville, Ky. Counties across Kentucky, like much of the country, are seeing more cases of unclaimed bodies and families who can't afford to bury or cremate a loved one. Every situation is unique, but coroners and local government officials tell a similar story: The economic downturn has left many people without the money to pay for funeral services that can cost thousands of dollars, and it's falling on cities and states to cover the bills. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)