Investigators allege forged records were used to claim nearly $2.2 million in property, vehicles and financial accounts.
HOUSTON, Texas — A Houston funeral home operator is being held on $800,000 bond after authorities accused Green of forging a deceased client’s will and other records in an attempt to take control of an estate valued at nearly $2.2 million.
Unique Green, who operated A Community Funeral Home in Houston’s Third Ward, was arrested Tuesday and charged with five felonies. Court records describe allegations involving theft of more than $300,000, forgery and falsified government documents. The charges are accusations, and the case has not been resolved in court.
The investigation centers on the estate of 78-year-old Lawrence Gammon, who died in June 2025. Gammon’s relatives, who lived outside Houston, hired the funeral business to handle his arrangements and provided personal information needed for the services, according to court documents reviewed by Houston news organizations.
Investigators allege Green later filed a will identifying Green as Gammon’s longtime partner and common-law spouse. The document stated that Gammon had left his entire estate to Green because of Green’s love, devotion and support. His relatives told investigators they had never heard of Green before contacting the funeral business.
The will was filed in Harris County after Gammon’s death but was dated April 2023, court records show. Authorities allege that Gammon’s signature and a notary seal were forged. Investigators also cited an incorrect birth year in the document as part of their case.
According to the allegations, Green used a falsified death certificate and other documents to gain access to Gammon’s financial accounts. Investigators said nearly $2 million was moved into another account connected to the estate. The property at issue also included Gammon’s home, vehicles and investment assets.
Authorities further allege that Green submitted false records while trying to obtain funeral director and embalming credentials. The filings allegedly included inaccurate claims about Green’s work history and military service. Green has been described in court and news reports as an unlicensed operator of the Wheeler Avenue funeral home.
The estate investigation became connected to a broader inquiry after police searched A Community Funeral Home in November 2025. Officers removed boxes of cremated remains from the building during an investigation that initially focused on possible identity theft involving deceased people.
Charging documents say detectives found 48 boxes of cremated human remains and a container holding human organs during that search. Police said some families had been waiting since 2023 to receive their relatives’ remains. The court filings do not establish where the organs came from or whether their presence is tied to the five charges filed against Green this week.
Green was detained during the November search but released the same day. The felony charges were filed about eight months later as investigators pursued the allegations involving Gammon’s estate and the documents submitted for funeral-service credentials.
Public records show Green has faced previous criminal cases. Green pleaded guilty to forgery in Harris County in 1998 and later pleaded guilty in federal court to filing fraudulent claims for disaster assistance after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Green received a sentence of nearly four years in the federal case. Other county records show convictions involving forgery, theft, assault and evading detention.
A Harris County judge set Green’s combined bond at $800,000. Green remained in the Harris County Jail as the new cases moved forward. No trial date or final determination on the allegations had been announced.
Author note: Last updated July 24, 2026.