BOB CRAIN
Aug 29, 2013
BOB CRAIN of Cairo, IL died August 29, 2013 at the age of 77. He served families for over 57 years as a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Crain Funeral Homes & Cemeteries. Up until 1974, he also provided ambulance services.
HILDA PENDERGRAFT HUDSON
Aug 28, 2013
HILDA PENDERGRAFT HUDSON of Durham, NC died August 28, 2013 at the age of 86. She was a licensed funeral director, vice president and co-owner of Hudson Funeral Home for over 50 years.
MICHAEL G. THORNWELL
Aug 28, 2013
MICHAEL G. THORNWELL of Rock Hill, SC died Au-gust 28, 2013. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Robinson Funeral Home. He was the founding member and secretary of 100 Black Men of Funeral Service, as well as a member of the National Funeral Directors & Morticians Association, Inc. He previously served as a director for the South...
ROBERT LEON "BOB" BREITENBACH
Aug 26, 2013
ROBERT LEON "BOB" BREITENBACH of Middletown, OH died August 26, 2013 at the age of 70. He was the owner and operator of Breitenbach-McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home since 1977. He served on the National Funeral Directors & Morticians Association board for six years. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1963.
OTIS J. "PETE" TAYLOR
Aug 23, 2013
OTIS J. "PETE" TAYLOR of McComb, MS died August 23, 2013 at the age of 63. He was the owner of Cook's Enterprise Funeral Home.
OTIS J. "PETE" TAYLOR
Aug 23, 2013
OTIS J. "PETE" TAYLOR of McComb, MS died August 23, 2013 at the age of 63. He was the owner and operator of Cook's Enterprise Funeral Home.
RON HAST
Aug 20, 2013
RON HAST of Tiburon, CA died August 20, 2013 at the age of 74. In 1957 Ron and Allan Abbot founded a flower transport service. Adding a constantly updated fleet of vehicles, Abbott & Hast Company became the nation's first full time transportation/livery firm for the trade. Between 1957 and 1985 the firm provided cars and drivers for some of...
TIMOTHY BENJAMIN BARNES
Aug 19, 2013
TIMOTHY BENJAMIN BARNES of Houston, TX died August 19, 2013 at the age of 99. He was worked alongside his father in operating the Carl Barnes Funeral Home, where he served since 1932. He took over ownership of the firm after his father's death. He established the Carl Barnes Burial Association in 1945. The Association later merged with the Mack...
BILLY RAY ROBINSON
Aug 19, 2013
BILLY RAY ROBINSON, SR of Buna, TX died August 19, 2013 at the age of 61. He a was a funeral director and owner of Robinson Funeral Home in Jasper and Silsbee and Moody-Harris Funeral Home in Port Arthur. He graduated from Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service in 1976.
JOSEPH IRA GAINES
Aug 18, 2013
JOSEPH IRA GAINES JR of Santa Monica, CA died August 18, 2013 at the age of 78. He established Joseph I. Gaines Mortuary Services and was an autopsy technician at Meadowbrook Hospital. He worked as a funeral director, embalmer and partner at the Richard Haskill Funeral Home in Wyandorch, NY from 1963 until 1970. In 1970, he moved back to...