HENRY ELLIS MCGILL
Jan 21, 2016
REV DR. HENRY ELLIS MCGILL JR of Marion, SC died January 21, 2016 at the age of 80. He was a South Carolina licensed funeral director. He and his wife, Jacqueline acquired her father's business, Henry L. Jackson Funeral Home in 1968, which later became Jackson & McGilll Funeral Service.
JOHN "BILL" FUSSELMAN
Jan 19, 2016
JOHN "BILL" FUSSELMAN of Syracuse, NY died January 19, 2016 at the age of 88. He worked as a licensed embalmer and funeral director for 60 years. In 1953, he opened the Fusselman Funeral Home in Louisville. In 1964 he along with his business partner, Milo Perry, purchased Sattler Funeral Home in Plattsmouth, NE. In 1968 he purchased Tonsing Funeral...
WILLIE B. GODWIN
Jan 18, 2016
WILLIE B. GODWIN of Lake City, SC died January 18, 2016 at the age of 86. He was a licensed funeral director and co-owner of Graham and Godwin Funeral Home.
STEPHEN ELMO WEEKS
Jan 17, 2016
STEPHEN ELMO WEEKS of Savannah, GA died January 17, 2016 at the age of 96. He joined his father and brother in the family business, Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, as a third generation funeral director. He was past president of the Georgia Funeral Directors Association and a member of the National Selected Morticians.
CLAUDIA ELIZABETH BURNAM
Jan 16, 2016
CLAUDIA ELIZABETH BURNAM of Louisville, KY died January 16, 2016 at the age of 58. She was a licensed funeral director, embalmer, owner and operator of Burnam & Son Mortuary, Inc., where she worked alongside her father, Claude E. Burnam, Jr and siblings for over 38 years. A graduate of the Kentucky School of Mortuary Science, she was a member...
JAMES V. "SONNY" BONNETT
Jan 15, 2016
JAMES V. "SONNY" BONNETT of Nitro, WV died January 15, 2016 at the age of 82. He was an employee at Cooke Funeral Home and a member of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association.
SHIRLEY IRENE STOCKER
Jan 15, 2016
SHIRLEY IRENE STOCKER of Bradenton, FL died January 15, 2016 at the age of 80. She was the co-owner and secretary of Stocker Funeral Home in Covington, OH for 44 years. She was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
WALTER A. WILSON
Jan 13, 2016
WALTER A. WILSON of Dallas, TX died January 13, 2016 at the age of 83. He worked with his family at the Wilson Funeral Home in Tampa, FL. He later moved to Texas and worked at Lott's Mortuary. In 1966, he founded the Cedar Crest Funeral Home in the Oak Cliff sector of Dallas. In 1980, Cedar Crest opened its...
GEORGE F. RIDGEWAY
Jan 13, 2016
GEORGE F. RIDGEWAY of Heath, OH died January 13, 2016 at the age of 69. He was an Ohio licensed funeral director and embalmer for over 35 years. Throughout his career in funeral service he had worked at Weir-Arend Funeral Home in Columbus; Walker Funeral Homes in Toledo; Henderson-VanAtta Funeral Home in Newark; and Brucker & Kishler Funeral Home in...
Harold D. Lamb
Jan 12, 2016
HAROLD D. LAMB of Lakeland, FL died January 12, 2016 at the age of 87. He was the oldest active funeral director in Polk County, who worked at the Gentry-Morrison Funeral Homes and Dukes-Steen Funeral Home in Lakeland for many years. He later became an employee at Hancock Funeral Home in Fort Meade, where he continued to work until the...