EDDIE BECKWITH JR of Tallulah, LA died March 27, 2014 at the age of 64. He served as chief director of operation at the Beckwith Golden Gate Funeral Home in Tallulah.
VIRGINIA BURGE STROUP of Gallatin, MO died March 27, 2014 at the age of 97. She worked alongside her husband, Virgil as a licensed funeral director, owner and operator of Stroup Funeral Home in Winston, and Missouri.
ROBERT M. BRUNSON JR of Richmond, VA died March 25, 2014 at the age of 47. He co-founded Brunson's Funeral Chapel alongside his father, Robert M. Brunson, Sr. His wife, Elicia Vaughter Brunson and son, Brandon Brunson will take over operation of the firm. He became the youngest licensed funeral director and embalmer in Virginia at the age of 23....
WILLIAM F. "DIGGER" YOUNG JR of Butler, PA died March 25, 2014 at the age of 81. He was a lifelong funeral director. He was became a partner with his father in the Young Funeral Home in West Sunbury in 1963, after buying his uncle's share in the business. In 1970, he purchased the Atwell Funeral Home in Butler, which...
MATTHEW R. BRUCE of Northborough, MA died March 21, 2014 at the age of 26. He was a licensed funeral director at Mercadante Funeral Home and Chapel in Worcester, MA. He previously worked at Hays Funeral Home in Northborough and Rand-Harper-Pickering Funeral Home in Westborough as an apprentice. He enrolled in the funeral service pro-gram at Mount Ida College, graduating...
ELIZABETH "LIZ" STEGALL of Wake Forest, NC died March 21, 2014. She worked as a administrative services supervisor at the North Carolina Board of Funeral Service for over 20 years. Her husband, Larry F. Stegall, is the executive director of the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association.
EDWARD P. MAZUR of Ludlow, MA and Stratton Mountain, VT died March 15, 2014 at the age of 55. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at his family's business, Kapinos Funeral Home for many years. In 1984, the firm was renamed Kapinos-Mazur Funeral Home to reflect the heritage ownership. He also worked for several area funeral homes as...
REV. DR. SAMUEL BOOKER MARSHALL of Holly Hills, SC died March 15, 2014 at the age of 92. In 1949, he, his wife, Naomi, and his father-in-law, the late Abraham Madison Shuler, formed the Shuler-Marshall Funeral Home. He later became the sole proprietor of the business, which today is run by his daughter, Samuetta "Sam" Marshall.
WILLIAM C. "BILLY" HARWELL of Covington, GA died March 14, 2014 at the age of 74. He worked alongside his father, Charles Harwell and his brother Jack as a fourth generation funeral director at J. C. Harwell & Son Funeral Home, a company established by his great grandfather in 1893. After his father retired, he owned and operated the family...
YNOCENCIO B. "GARY" MONNSERATT of Anchorage, Alaska died March 13, 2104 at the age of 82. He worked as a funeral director and embalmer at Kehl's Forest Lawn Funeral Home from the mid 1950s until the late 1990s.