JOHN B. EGGERS

REV JOHN B. EGGERS JR of Boiling Springs and Chesnee, SC died April 15, 2016 at the age of 54. He was the founder and co-owner of Eggers Funeral Homes in Boiling Springs and Chesnee, SC and Cliff-side, NC. He started working in Boone, NC at the Hampton Funeral Service as a licensed funeral director and then the Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home as part-owner. He later returned to Hampton Funeral Service before moving to South Carolina to manage Forest Lawn Mortuaries of Boiling Springs, Chesnee and Woodruff. In 1996, he and his wife, Betty began their own ministry in the funeral profession opening their first chapel in Boiling Springs. In 2001, he acquired Eggers Funeral Home and Crematory in Chesnee and most recently the Eggers Funeral Home and Crematory in Cliffside, NC. He obtained a mortuary science degree from the Mid-America College of Funeral Service and was appointed by the governor to serve on the South Carolina Board of Funeral Service from 1998 to 2001.