DELBERT DUANE BOWERS
Dec 26, 2016
DELBERT DUANE BOWERS of Harker Heights, TX died December 26, 2016 at the age of 87. A licensed funeral director, he and his business partner, William "Bill" Crawford established the Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Killeen in 1972 and Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Copperas Cove in 1988. They sold the business to Service Corporation Inter-national in 1989, although he remained active...
ALBERT "AL" E. BRIEDE
Dec 23, 2016
ALBERT "AL" E. BRIEDE III of New Orleans, LA died December 23, 2016 at the age of 94. He was a licensed funeral director and owner of the McMahon-Coburn-Briede Funeral Home for more than six decades. He was a member of the New Orleans Funeral Directors Association and the Louisiana Funeral Directors Association.
H. BARTH LITTLETON
Dec 22, 2016
H. BARTH LITTLETON of Sabina, OH died December 22, 2016 at the age of 86. He was a licensed funeral director at Littleton Funeral Home for over 60 years. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
DANIEL "DAN" WEBSTER MCBRIDE
Dec 21, 2016
DANIEL "DAN" WEBSTER MCBRIDE of Paragould, AR formerly of Rector, AR died December 21, 2016 at the age of 93. He was a funeral director, embalmer and owner of Irby Funeral Home for 35 years. He served on the board of directors and was past president for both the Arkansas Embalmers and Funeral Directors and the Arkansas State Burial Association.
LARRY E. MINOTT
Dec 20, 2016
LARRY E. MINOTT of Janesville, WI died December 20, 2016 at the age of 58. He worked as a funeral attendant at the Whitcomb-Lynch Funeral Home and Cremation Services and the Albrecht Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
HENRY & ANN JORDAN
Dec 19, 2016
HENRY "TRAIL" HUNTER JORDAN JR, 73, and his wife, ANN FIRESTONE JORDAN, 71, of Kosciusko, MS died December 19, 2016 during an early morning house fire. Trail and Ann were owners of Jordan Funeral Home, which was established by his grandfather, L. W. Jordan, Sr. in 1904 and is now in its fourth generation of continuous service to Central Mississippi....
DONALD E. KOPPELMAN
Dec 18, 2016
DONALD E. KOPPELMAN of Pekin, IL died December 18, 2016 at the age of 83. He started his funeral directing career as an apprentice with Hurley Funeral Home in Petersburg and remained with the firm as a licensed funeral director and embalmer until moving to Pekin in 1961, at which time he began working for William Weimer at the Noel...
FRANK M. PROUT
Dec 18, 2016
FRANK M. PROUT of Hutchinson Island, FL died December 28, 2016 at the age of 92. A licensed funeral director since 1948, he was also a certified public accountant. He operated an accounting service while also working at Prout Funeral Home, a firm founded by his father, Michael C. Prout in 1924 and is presently owned and operated by his...
JAMES E. "JIM" SMITH
Dec 16, 2016
JAMES E. "JIM" SMITH of Wilmington, OH died December 16, 2016 at the age of 72. He began his long career in the funeral industry working with his father, the late L. Eugene Smith at the L. Eugene Smith & Son Funeral Home in New Vienna. Together they purchased the Reynolds-Smith Funeral Home in Wilmington in 1973. He later owned...
LYLE CLINKINGBEARD
Dec 15, 2016
LYLE CLINKINGBEARD of Ava, MO died December 15, 2016 at the age of 87. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and co-owner of Clinkingbeard Funeral Homes, Inc, both in Ava and Gainesville, MO. He also worked alongside his wife, Florence for 56 years in operating the only ambulance company in Ava and Douglas County for over 25 years. A...