JESSE BENJAMIN RICHMOND

JESSE BENJAMIN RICHMOND JR of Gulfport, MS died August 2, 2014 at the age of 73. He was licensed in the state of Louisiana and Mississippi as a funeral director and embalmer. He served his apprenticeship at Cook-Richmond Funeral Home in Bogalusa, under the direction of his uncle, Moses L. Richmond. His uncle, Silas Richmond referred him to the late W. B. McDaniel, former owner of the W. B. McDaniel & Son Funeral Home in Biloxi. In 1980, he purchased the firm from McDaniel, renaming it McDaniel-Richmond Funeral Home. In 1983, a second location was added in Gulfport and Richmond Funeral Home was established. A 1961 graduate of Commonwealth College of Funeral Service, he was a member of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association and Mississippi's Southern District Association of Funeral Directors.