AGNES MOBILE SCOTT HAIRSTON
May 6, 2014
AGNES MOBILE SCOTT HAIRSTON of Martinsville, VA died May 6, 2014 at the age of 88. She was a licensed Virginia and North Carolina funeral director, embalmer, former owner and chairman emeritus of Hairston Funeral Home. She graduated from the John Tyler Community College, where she served as program head for mortuary science for four years. She was president of...
MILTON H. WILLIAMS
May 6, 2014
MILTON H. WILLIAMS III of Marshall, TX died May 6, 2014 at the age of 68. He worked as a third generation funeral director, manager, mortician and president of Peoples Funeral Home.
JOE DUDLEY DENTON
May 3, 2014
JOE DUDLEY DENTON of Flemingsburg, KY died May 3, 2014 at the age of 71. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and former owner of Denton Funeral Home. He served eight terms for a total of 29 years as a coroner for Fleming County.
GARY LYN MURLEY
Apr 29, 2014
GARY LYN MURLEY of Helenwood, TN died April 29, 2014 at the age of 64. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer in both Tennessee and Indiana. He established Collins-Murley Mortuary before purchasing the West Funeral Home from the Vernon West family in the 1970's. The firm later became known as the West-Murley Funeral Home. He graduated from the...
TERRY L. GORACKE
Apr 27, 2014
TERRY L. GORACKE of Tacoma, WA died April 27, 2014 at the age of 66. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer for over 40 years.
RICHARD W. "DICK" DELL
Apr 21, 2014
RICHARD W. "DICK" DELL SR of Latrobe, PA died April 21, 2014 at the age of 86. In 1954, he established the Richard W. Dell Home for Funerals in Latrobe. When he sold the business in 1988, he continued working at funeral homes in Latrobe and Greensburg. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.
W. ROBERT CRESS
Apr 19, 2014
W. ROBERT CRESS of Madison, WI died April 19, 2014 at the age of 89. In 1977, he and his wife, Hazel purchased the Frautschi Funeral Home, renaming it The Cress Funeral & Cremation Service. He previously worked as a funeral director at an Eau Claire funeral home, and later took a sales job with the Belmont Casket Company in...
REX GEORGE ROBBINS
Apr 18, 2014
REX GEORGE ROBBINS of Ashland, OH died April 18, 2014 at the age of 84. He was a licensed funeral director and partner in the Heyl-Robbins Funeral Home for numerous years. He went on to become a representative for the prestigious Marsellus Casket Company in 1968, located in Syracuse, NY. He retired after more than 25 years of service in...
THOMAS ED PEACOCK
Apr 18, 2014
THOMAS ED PEACOCK of Quincy, FL died April 18, 2014 at the age of 82. He was a licensed funeral director 60 years.
GAYLE W. O'NEIL
Apr 18, 2014
GAYLE W. O'NEIL of Corbin, KY died April18, 2014 at the age of 88. He was the owner and operator of O'Neil Funeral Home, now known as the O'Neil-Lawson Funeral Home.