Hi Walter, You can absolutely do what you want. There are no laws governing urns, coffee cans, family-directed burials of urns, or celebrations. For all the rule and laws in Alabama in plain English, including the forms you’d need, check out Final Rights, the book I co-wrote. If you want the Alabama chapter all by itself without buying the book (the book you can find in the library, too), see your bookstore on the horizontal menu at the top of funerals.org.