WILLIAM THOMAS STONE SR of Williamsburg, VA died January 18, 2018 at the age of 87. A licensed funeral director for over 50 years, he was the owner and operator of Whiting's Funeral Home.
HAYES F. SAMUELS JR of Manning, SC died January 17, 2018 at the age of 74. He was the owner and operator of Samuels Funeral Home in Manning, co-owned Samuels and Richardson Funeral Home in Lake City and served as coroner for Clarendon County. A graduate of the Eckels College of Mortuary Science in Philadelphia, he was a member of...
F. MICHAEL VISCHER of Hartsville, PA died January 13, 2018 at the age of 68. He worked in the funeral industry for nearly 50 years. During this time he worked for York Caskets, Boyertown Caskets and Messenger Corporation before starting his own busi-ness, Vischer Funeral Supplies in 1983.
MICAH C. LEMME of Orlando, FL died January 12, 2018 at the age of 55. He was involved in the funeral business in and around Florida, working in all capaci-ties of the funeral home. A graduate of the Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science in Atlanta, he served as past president of the Central Florida Funeral Directors Association.
GARY FINCH of Nixon, TX died January 10, 2018 at the age of 72. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he founded Compliance Plus in 1992. Gary's OSHA Compliance column appeared in the Funeral Home & Cemetery News since 2003. He was a member of both the Texas and National Funeral Directors Associations.
JOHN JOSEPH "JOE" CARSON of Parsons, KS died January 2, 2018 at the age of 93. He owned and operated Carson Funeral Homes alongside his wife, June. Most recently, he served as a funeral director at Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home. He graduated from the St. Louis College of Mortuary Science.
WILLIAM "BILL" H. MARSHALL of Aransas Pass, TX died December 29, 2017 at the age of 68. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at the Charlie Marshall Funeral Home and Crematory in Aransas Pass and Rockport, which was established by his father, Charlie W. Marshall in 1949. He retired from the family business in 2014. He graduated from...
JOSEPH R. "JAY" GREEN of Harlingen, TX formerly of Newark, OH died December 27, 2017 at the age of 90. A retired funeral director and embalmer, he started his career at the Clarke Funeral Home in Toronto, OH then worked with Martin Funeral Home and Robison Funeral Home, prior to arriving in Newark in 1953 as a member of the...
FRED COX ILIFF JR of Lancaster, PA died December 22, 2017at the age of 87. John entered into business as a third generation funeral director in the family funeral business and furniture store, John Iliff and Son. He managed the combined businesses until 1965. The two businesses separated at that time with Fred becoming the manager of the Iliff Funeral...
GERALD L. "JERRY" MILLER of Hewitt, TX died De-cember 13, 2017 at the age of 81. He worked as a licensed funeral director at W. Y. Goff Funeral Home in Commerce; Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home in Lubbock; and Hampton-Vaughan Funeral Home in Wichita Falls from 1954 to 1963. He served as a sales representative for Pierce Chemical/Royal Bond for part of...