CHARLES F. MCMAHON JR
Apr 8, 2022
CHARLES F. MCMAHON JR of South Buffalo, NY died April 8, 2022 at the age of 69. A funeral director for fifty years, he joined his family’s business on Abbott Road, which his father opened in 1948. McMahon sold the building in 2013 and in recent years served clients from Sieck, Mast & Leslie Funeral Home in West Seneca. He...
EVERETT GRAHAM CATHEY
Apr 6, 2022
EVERETT GRAHAM CATHEY of Shreveport, LA died April 6, 2022 at the age of 76. A funeral director for fifty years, he began his career with K.D. Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston before working at the Rose-Neath Funeral Homes until his retirement. He graduated from the Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service.
JOHN F. LLEWELLYN
Apr 6, 2022
JOHN F. LLEWELLYN of Glendale, CA died April 6, 2022. He was chairman of the board of directors for Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks and Mortuaries. Llewellyn served as president of the American Cemetery Association, now the International Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Association and the Interment Association of California, now the Cemetery and Mortuary Association of California. He also authored three books,...
DAVID GRADY MOSS
Apr 5, 2022
DAVID GRADY MOSS of Cullman, AL died April 5, 2022 at the age of 80. He worked for his father, Grady at Moss Service Funeral Home, where he retired in 1993. Moss served as Cullman County coroner.
KEITH E. PATTILLO
Apr 5, 2022
KEITH E. PATTILLO of Cullman, AL died April 5, 2022 at the age of 75. During his college years, he worked part-time at Moss Funeral Home. After his retirement from education, Pattillo joined Moss Service Funeral Home full time, where he remained until his passing.
EUGENE “GENE” SAUL LEDGER
Mar 30, 2022
EUGENE “GENE” SAUL LEDGER of Sulphur, LA died March 30, 2022 at the age of 77. He worked for Hixson-Funeral Home as a funeral director since 1970.
JOHN CHARLES RILES
Mar 30, 2022
JOHN CHARLES RILES of Vicksburg, MS died March 30, 2022 at the age of 75. A longtime funeral director, he was the former owner and operator of Charles Riles Funeral Home, which later merged with the Frank J. Fisher Funeral Home to form Fisher-Riles Funeral Homes.
MARJORIE “MARGIE” COLSON
Mar 29, 2022
MARJORIE “MARGIE” COLSON of Indianapolis, IN passed away on March 29, 2022 at the age of 74. She entered the funeral industry by establishing a third party marketing company representing funeral homes. In 2014, she and her husband, Tony Colson, purchased Harper’s Community Funeral Home near Ft. Wayne, IN and in 2017 they purchased Halo International in Twinsburg, OH.
ROBERT L. “BOB” GROVES
Mar 26, 2022
ROBERT L. “BOB” GROVES of Union, WV died March 26, 2022 at the age of 69. A funeral director and embalmer, he worked at the Broyles-McGuire Funeral Home in Union, Wm. S. Broyles Funeral Home in Peterstown, Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill and in 1994, Bob and his wife Carol established the Groves Funeral Home in Union, where he...
FREDERICK CHARLES LOCKE
Mar 24, 2022
FREDERICK CHARLES LOCKE of Wilmington, NC died March 24, 2022 at the age of 87. A longtime funeral director, he was the owner and operator of Locke Funeral Home in Waterloo, IA until his retirement.