GARY MAURICE BURTON
Dec 19, 2014
GARY MAURICE BURTON SR of Martinsville, VA died December 19, 2014 at the age of 54. He was a Virginia and North Carolina licensed funeral director, managed Hairston Funeral Home from 1996 to present, and worked at Carters Funeral Home and various other funeral homes as an embalmer. He was a member of the Virginia Funeral Directors Association, and the...
ROBERT G. NEEL
Dec 19, 2014
ROBERT G. NEEL of Orlando, FL died December 19, 2014 at the age of 91. He was the former chief executive officer, president and owner of Woodlawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home for more than 50 years. In 1967, he succeeded Woodlawn's founder, J. Asher Peter, as president when he purchased Woodlawn. In that role, he oversaw the operation and...
JOSEPH BLAINE SCHAEFFER
Dec 19, 2014
JOSEPH BLAINE SCHAEFFER of Petersburg, WV died December 19, 2014 at the age of 96. He and his wife, Kathern established the Schaeffer Funeral Home and Ambulance Service in 1950. He served as a licensed funeral director in the state of Ohio and worked for the Sector Funeral Home in Willard for two years. He was a member of the...
WILLARD STANTON CROWE
Dec 14, 2014
WILLARD STANTON CROWE of Parkersburg, WV died December 14, 2014 at the age of 84. He worked at the Charles Dodd Funeral Home in Webster Springs as an ambulance and funeral attendant. He later worked for several funeral homes in the Wood County and Parkersburg area before joining the staff at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, serving as a valued funeral director...
WILLIAM FRANCIS BOYD
Dec 7, 2014
WILLIAM FRANCIS BOYD SR of Cleveland, OH died December 7, 2014 at the age of 99. Chairman of the Board at E. F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home and Crematory, he was one of the longest serving funeral directors in the country. After graduating from the Cleveland College of Embalming in 1938, he became the "Son" in his father's funeral...
VIRGINIA DIANE FIDLER
Nov 28, 2014
VIRGINIA DIANE FIDLER of Belle, WV died November 28, 2014 at the age of 71. She was a retired secretary at Fidler and Frame Funeral Home. She was a member of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association.
ALFRED RALPH DAVIS
Nov 28, 2014
ALFRED RALPH DAVIS of Pamplico, SC died November 28, 2014 at the age of 66. He was a licensed funeral director and manager at Moses Funeral Home for over 40 years. He was a member of the South Carolina Morticians Association, Inc, Sixth District Congressional Morticians Association and the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association.
EZEKIEL HILLIARD TREZEVANT
Nov 28, 2014
EZEKIEL HILLIARD TREZEVANT JR of Columbia, SC died November 28, 2014 at the age of 83. He founded the Trezevant Funeral Home, which was the first minority-owned crematorium in Columbia. A graduate of the Atlanta College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Epsilon Nu Delta Mortuary Fraternity, served as District 2 Governor and state convention coordinator for...
HAROLD EUGENE "HANK" GIBSON
Nov 28, 2014
HAROLD EUGENE "HANK" GIBSON of Ripley, WV died November 28, 2014 at the age of 59. He was previously employed at Bartlett-Burdette Funeral Home in Charleston before moving to Ripley, where he served his funeral service apprenticeship with Parsons Funeral Home. He ended his career as a funeral attendant with Waybright Funeral Home. He was a member of the West...
LOHMAN HARTCOURT RAHMING
Nov 26, 2014
LOHMAN HARTCOURT RAHMING of Deerfield Beach, FL died November 26, 2014 at the age of 67. He was the owner, operator and licensed funeral director at Rahming-Poitier Funeral Home, where he specialized in the art of embalming and restorative art.