A police search recovered dozens of boxes of ashes as one mother questioned services arranged for her two sons.
HOUSTON, Texas — New felony charges against a Houston funeral home operator are intensifying concerns among families who entrusted the business with their loved ones, including some who police said had waited years to receive cremated remains.
Unique Green, listed as the president of A Community Funeral Home in the Third Ward, was arrested Tuesday on five felony counts involving alleged theft, forgery and falsified records. The charges focus largely on accusations involving a deceased man’s estate and funeral-service credentials, but they follow a November 2025 search that raised separate questions about the handling of human remains.
Charging documents say detectives searching the funeral home found 48 boxes of cremated human remains and a container holding human organs. Authorities said some families had been waiting since 2023 for their loved ones’ remains. Officials have not publicly explained the origin of the organs or announced charges specifically involving their storage.
For Mary Miller, the search brought new uncertainty to a home filled with reminders of her two sons. Her 12-year-old son, Tyree, died by suicide in 2020. Her 20-year-old son, Markeveon, died in a car crash five years later.
Miller created a memorial room where photographs, ashes and other belongings are displayed in a glass case. She told KTRK that the room had been a source of comfort and a place where she could speak to her sons when she felt overwhelmed.
“It’s like living in a nightmare that you don’t wake up from,” Miller said as questions about the funeral business grew.
Miller said she worked with Green for both sons’ funeral services. She recognized Green’s name when police raided A Community Funeral Home in November and removed boxes of ashes. Green was detained during the search but released that day.
Miller has not reported evidence that her sons’ identities were stolen, and the five charges filed this week are not connected to her complaint. She said, however, that she had already opened a case with New York Life over an invoice connected to Markeveon’s funeral.
Miller alleges that the funeral business sought twice the amount she had approved from her son’s insurance policy for one portion of the expenses. She said insurance investigators later confirmed their findings to her in an email. The supplied material does not describe the company’s final decision or establish whether any money was improperly paid.
The current criminal case arose from allegations involving Lawrence Gammon, a 78-year-old man whose out-of-town relatives hired the funeral business after his death in June 2025. Investigators allege that Green used information obtained through the funeral arrangements to file a forged will and claim Gammon’s estate.
The disputed will described Green as Gammon’s longtime partner and common-law spouse and transferred his estate to Green. Gammon’s relatives told investigators that they had never heard of Green before arranging the funeral. Authorities allege that forged signatures, a false notary seal and altered government documents were used to take control of property, vehicles and financial accounts worth nearly $2.2 million.
Investigators also accused Green of filing fraudulent records in an effort to receive funeral director and embalming credentials. Green has been described in court filings and news reports as an unlicensed operator. The allegations have added to families’ concerns about whether the business was properly supervised while handling deaths, cremations and insurance payments.
Public records show Green has previous convictions involving forgery and fraud, including a federal conviction for submitting fraudulent disaster-assistance claims after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Those earlier cases are separate from the pending charges and do not determine the outcome of the current prosecution.
A Harris County judge set Green’s bond at a combined $800,000. Green remained jailed as the criminal cases continued. Authorities had not announced whether additional charges would be filed over the remains recovered during the November search or when all affected families would receive answers about their relatives.
Author note: Last updated July 24, 2026.