BOSWELL, Judge
The Court conducted a hearing on Motion for Contempt on December 1, 1999. FED. R. BANKR. P. 9014. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2), this is a core proceeding. After reviewing the testimony from the hearing and the record as a whole, the Court makes the following findings of facts and conclusions of law. FED. R. BANKR. P. 7052.
On September 2, 1999, this Court issued a "Memorandum Opinion and Order re the Motion of Trustee to Sell Funeral Home Business and Associated Assets" which contained the following provision:
It is therefore ORDERED that the debtors, Landon and Glardes Thomas dba Thomas Funeral Home, are enjoined from owning, operating, managing, or working for any business or enterprise that is engaged in the business of providing funeral or burial services, other than those being purchased by Bledsoe Funeral Home, Inc., for a period of five years from the date of entry of this order within Lauderdale, Tipton, Crockett, Haywood and Dyer Counties, Tennessee.
On November 12, 1999, the appointed Chapter 11 Trustee in this case, Laura Williams, filed a "Motion for Contempt" in which she alleged that the debtors had willfully violated the September 2nd order by "actively engaging in the funeral home business in the prohibited counties. . . ." At the December 1 hearing on the trustee's motion, the debtors' attorney admitted to the Court that the debtors had engaged in the alleged activities, but that they had not done so in willful violation of the Court's order. Rather, the debtors had misunderstood the full breadth of the Court's prohibition and instead acted in what they felt was full compliance with the order.
Based upon this evidence, the Court is not prepared to sanction the debtors at this time. It is possible, however slim that possibility may be, that the debtors did indeed misunderstand the Court's order. Despite this misunderstanding, the Court wants to strongly admonish the debtors for violating its prior order. The prohibitions set forth in the September 2nd order seemed to be fairly plain and straightforward. The Court is not at all pleased that the alleged activities took place. The Court also wants to caution the debtors that any activities like the ones which took place so recently in this case will not be tolerated. The September 2nd order is still in place and in effect. Any more activities like the ones which precipitated the need for the trustee's present motion could very well result in a finding of contempt in the future. The Court advises the debtors to carefully read the September 2nd order as set forth above and to discuss it with their attorney so that there is no misunderstanding in the future.
ORDER
It is therefore ORDERED that Motion for Contempt is DENIED.
It is so ordered.
By the Court,
G. Harvey Boswell United States Bankruptcy Judge
January 6, 2000