DONALD EUGENE "GENE" WILSON
Sep 28, 2016
DONALD EUGENE "GENE" WILSON JR of New Braunfels, TX died September 28, 2016 at the age of 45. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer who taught Japanese funeral personnel modern embalming techniques overseas for nearly 20 years. He graduated from the San Antonio College, Department of Mortuary Science in 1991. Gene was most recently employed at Doeppenschmidt Funeral...
JOHN F. DOWLING
Sep 28, 2016
JOHN F. DOWLING JR of Florence, SC died September 28, 2016 at the age of 69. He began working for the Stoudenmire Funeral Home in the early eighties as a licensed funeral director and embalmer, and in 1988, he and his wife, Wanda purchased the business, renaming it Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. He previously worked at the Belk-King Funeral Home in...
PAUL WOODWARD
Sep 26, 2016
PAUL WOODWARD of West Chicago, IL, formerly of Winfield, IL died September 26, 2016 at the age of 86. He was as a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Wheaton Funeral Home before establishing Woodward Funeral Home in 1996. He operated the firm for almost a quarter century before selling it in 1990 and retiring. He graduated from Worsham College...
DAVID P. BYERS
Sep 22, 2016
DAVID P. BYERS of Murrells Inlet, SC, formerly of Parkersburg, WV died September 22, 2016 at the age of 62. He was a licensed funeral director at the Leavitt Funeral Home in Parkersburg for 37 years and managed the Goldfinch Funeral Home-Beach Chapel in Murrells Inlet for the past five years. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.
ROBERT J. MORELAND
Sep 20, 2016
ROBERT J. MORELAND of Westerville, OH died September 20, 2016 at the age of 72. He was co-owner and operator of Moreland Funeral Home and a graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.
CURTIS L. SIMPSON
Sep 12, 2016
CURTIS L. SIMPSON SR of Los Angeles, CA died September 12, 2016 at the age of 67. He was a licensed funeral director and mortician for 40 years, having worked at the historic Barnum Funeral Home in Americus, GA and later founded the Simpson Family Mortuary, which consisted of five locations throughout California that he formerly owned and operated. A...
JOHN EDWARD PHILLIPS
Sep 11, 2016
JOHN EDWARD PHILLIPS of Hernando, MS died September 11, 2016 at the age of 90. He was the owner and operator of Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home, which he and his family purchased from Bridgforth Tarver and Martha Frances Tarver in 1982. He oversaw the relocation of more than 50 graves from the former DeSoto County Children's Home to Goodrum Cemetery when...
ADRIANA COLBERT HARRISON
Sep 4, 2016
ADRIANA COLBERT HARRISON of Memphis, TN died September 4, 2016 at the age of 55. She was the owner and operator of Harrison's Memorial Chapel, Inc and Harrison's Funeral Home Inc, Orange Mound Chapel. She received her funeral service certification from Stratford University.
GARY ROBERT TOMBLYN
Sep 3, 2016
GARY ROBERT TOMBLYN of Buckhannon, WV died September 3, 2016 at the age of 65. He was the former owner of the Tomblyn Whitescarver Funeral Chapel in Buckhannon and the Alkire Funeral Chapel in Ireland. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1973.
WENDELL DONOVAN HINKSON
Aug 31, 2016
WENDELL DONOVAN HINKSON of Great Bend, KS died August 31, 2016 at the age of 75. He was a licensed funeral director at Bryant-Christians Funeral Home until his retirement in 2016 after 50 years of service to the profession.