Samuel Whitelock Purviance
Feb 20, 2016
SAMUEL WHITELOCK PURVIANCE of Wake-field, VA died February 20, 2016 at the age of 94. He was a licensed funeral director, who owned and operated Purviance Funeral Home alongside his wife, Hilda for nearly 50 years. He also operated funeral homes in Boykins and Jarrett, VA. A 1942 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a former...
Clyde Stephens Jr
Feb 15, 2016
CLYDE STEPHENS JR of Franklin, TN died Feb-ruary 15, 2016 at the age of 78. He started in the funeral industry in 1969 working at the former Franklin Memorial Chapel, and in 1972 he began managing Williamson Memorial Gardens. Later in 1980 he founded Williamson Memorial Funeral Home and in 2000, along with his family, opened Spring Hill Memorial Park...
Sarah Eleanor Ferrell Koch
Feb 9, 2016
SARAH ELEANOR FERRELL KOCH of Freeport, OH died February 9, 2016 at the age of 82. She was employed by Tinker Funeral Home in Kent before purchasing the former McCoy Funeral Home in Freeport alongside her husband, David H. Koch, Jr in 1967. She served her apprenticeship under Dave and became a licensed funeral director. In 1980, her husband died...
Lem Long
Feb 7, 2016
LEM LONG JR of Charlotte, NC died February 7, 2016 at the age of 94. He worked alongside his wife, EDDIE JENETTA VAUGHN LONG, as a licensed funeral director, embalmer, owner, and operator of Long & Son Mortuary Service for 68 years. Mrs. Long passed away November 7, 2015 at the age of 93.
Wanda Saunders Willis
Feb 7, 2016
WANDA SAUNDERS WILLIS of Gallipolis, OH died February 7, 2016 at the age of 75. She and her husband, Cleeland Ray Willis, founded Willis Funer-al Home in 1974. She was a member of the Ohio Fu-neral Directors Association.
Raymond E. "Gene" Crawshaw
Feb 4, 2016
RAYMOND E. "GENE" CRAWSHAW of Mur-physboro, IL died February 4, 2016 at the age of 84. He joined his father, the late Raymond A. Crawshaw in operating Crawshaw Funeral Home. He retired in 1994 after serving 40 years as a licensed funeral director and embalmer. He graduated from the St. Louis College of Mortuary Science, was past president of the...
MICHAEL J. GEARHART
Feb 3, 2016
MICHAEL J. GEARHART of Van Wert, OH died February 3, 2016 at the age of 63. He was a licensed funeral director and owner of the Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home & Crematory. He retired after 40 years of service and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
David "Gabby" Alan Adair
Jan 31, 2016
DAVID "GABBY" ALAN ADAIR of Knob Noster, MO died January 31, 2016 at the age of 62. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Sweeney-Phillips and Holdren Funeral Home in Warrensburg for over 14 years. He worked at Maple Hill Cemetery in Osceola, IA in 1982 and served as superintendant until 1996.
James Thomas "Jimmie" Bramlett
Jan 27, 2016
JAMES THOMAS "JIMMIE" BRAMLETT, JR of Topeka, KS died January 27, 2016 the age of 92. He worked as a licensed funeral director and embalmer at several funeral homes in Muskogee and Tulsa, and operated the Chaney Funeral Home in McAlister alongside his wife, Wilma Beatrice Iler. He later worked as a casket sales representative for the Rex-Metallic, National and...
ROBERT D. "BOB" GRAY
Jan 26, 2016
ROBERT D. "BOB" GRAY JR of Skaneateles, NY died January 26, 2016. He established the Robert D. Gray Funeral Home in 1975. He graduated from the Simmons Institute of Funeral Service in 1968 and was past president and member of the Onondaga-Oswego Funeral Directors Association and served on the Lake View Cemetery Board for 25 years.