Another Foley Family Wants Answers From Pine Rest Funeral Home
Erica Thomas • March 29, 2026
Pine Rest funeral home has officials asking questions
A Foley funeral home has been the subject of recent complaints. After a prior article, additional people have come forward to tell about their experiences.
Hadyn O'Cain Griffin was only 24 years old when her life suddenly ended on December 12, 2019. Her husband of less than seven months, Tyler, was left grieving. Her mother, Aimee O'Cain, was heartbroken beyond measure.
"We got that phone call that nobody ever wants to get, that our daughter passed away in a car accident," O'Cain recalled. "She was robbed of everything. She had her whole life."
The Pine Rest Funeral Home in Foley handled the arrangements. The staff was respectful and helpful at the time, and Griffin's parents purchased three plots so they could be buried beside her one day. However, the pain from the loss of her daughter has since been compounded because more than four years after purchasing the headstone, it hasn't arrived.
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O'Cain doesn't go to the gravesite as often as she used to because of the pain it brings. The family made monthly payments until they paid off the $1,800 headstone.
"That was in 2021, and I have been going up there, but not as much now because it just hurts every time I go up there," O'Cain said.
O'Cain is also concerned about the upkeep of the cemetery roads. Thick sand has left her and other family members stuck. She said she cannot drive her car and has to use her husband's truck to drive to the gravesite.
"Every time I go out there, it just hurts," she said. "It's like, I'm hesitant to go out there recently. I used to bring her stuff for every holiday and I haven't because I can't drive on the roads and I can't go up there and bear to see nothing I've paid for is done."
The heartbroken mother said it was "divine intervention" when she saw an 1819 News story about the Nelson family, who were dealing with the same devastation.
"I just thought I was alone in all of this, and I hate that other people are going through this, but now I am so happy that it's hopefully coming to a resolution and me and my husband and my daughter will have the dignity we need when me and my husband pass away," she said.
After her requests for information with the funeral home went unanswered, O'Cain filed a report with the State of Alabama Funeral Service.
In the meantime, O'Cain is trying to focus on the positive memories and the legacy her daughter left behind. After graduating from Foley High School in 2014, Griffin became a drum major at the University of West Alabama. She received her bachelor's degree in pre-med and was working as a dental assistant when her life was cut short. Her mother said she planned to go to dental school. Going into the medical field was another way, O'Cain said, that her daughter wanted to help others.
"Her eyes shined every time she smiled," O'Cain remembered. "She would brighten up a room. She was little but sassy. She made up for her height with spunk. I mean, we have such great memories of her. She was just so happy and was just so amazing. She was an amazing young woman. And I miss her so much."
The Nelson family has filed a report with the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office. Funeral home management told 1819 News, who originally uncovered the story, they are working to order headstones that have not been ordered. "If a family has ordered a marker with us, we will take care of it," said area manager Gene East.
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