CARL RICHARD CLIFTON

CARL RICHARD CLIFTON of DeLand, FL died June 18, 2017 at the age of 75. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for 57 years, he began working at the Allen-Summerhill Funeral Home in DeLand on the weekends his junior year in high school. On the day of his high school graduation, he moved into the funeral home to work full-time and later acquired ownership of the facility, which he had operated since 1971 with the assistance of his wife, Tanya. He graduated from the John A. Gupton School of Mortuary Science in 1965.