PATRICIA “PAT” MOORE of Wayne, NJ died October 8, 2022 at the age of 66. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, she worked alongside her husband, Robert Cowell Moore IV, at their family-owned business, Moore’s Home for Funerals in Wayne for more than thirty-five years, where she eventually became a co-owner. Pat received her associates degree in funeral service from...
JERRY KENT LARRISON of Pratt, KS died October 7, 2022 at the age of 86. In 1978, Jerry and his wife, Karellen, purchased Williams Mortuary renaming it Larrison Mortuary. They later purchased Foulk Funeral Home in Turon, Forsyth Funeral Home in Medicine Lodge and Ayres Calbeck Mortuary in Pratt. He previously worked Beckwith Mortuary in Larned, managed both Culbertson Mortuary and...
DONALD WILLIAM “BILL” TETRICK Elizabethton, TN died October 7, 2022 at the age of 78. He owned and operated Happy Valley Memorial Park since 1980.
JACK DENVER DAVIS of South Webster, OH died October 2, 2022 at the age of 82. A funeral director and embalmer, he was the former owner and operator of D. W. Davis Funeral Home in South Webster. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral...
CHARLES “SMOKEY” GARVIN of Pittsburgh and New Castle, PA died October 1, 2022 at the age of 67. A licensed funeral director, he worked for various funeral homes in the New Castle area and most recently retired from the Readshaw Funeral Home, Inc in Pittsburgh. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, Garvin was a member of the...
LYLE EUGENE LACY of Stephenville, TX died October 1, 2022 at the age of 89. A licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1955, he worked at funeral homes in the Amarillo area until 1971 when he moved to Stephenville and purchased the Trewitt-Reed Funeral Home. Lacy owned and operated the Lacy Funeral Home until his retirement in 2002. He graduated...
WILLIAM “SAMMIE” NAPIER of Graniteville, SC died September 30, 2022 at the age of 82. A funeral director for sixty-three years, he worked alongside his wife, Glenda in owning and operating the Napier Funeral Home in Graniteville. Napier was a member of the South Carolina Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association.
MARLENE S. BOND of Londonderry, OH died September 30, 2022 at the age of 83. A funeral director, she was the owner and operator of Bond Funeral Home. Bond served on the board of directors of Eastern Ohio Mutual Life Insurance Company, as well as president. She was a past president and secretary/treasurer of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association District...
EDWARD PUTNAM DEWAR of Traverse City, MI died September 27, 2022 at the age of 80. He was a licensed funeral director in the greater Detroit area for over twenty-six years.
JAMES MAX STRICKLAND of Sylvania, GA died September 26, 2022 at the age of 73. He began working for Hall Funeral Home in Royston, GA at the age of fifteen and later served several funeral homes throughout the Atlanta, GA area. Strickland and Ronnie Waters opened Thompson-Strickland Waters Funeral Home in 1981. He remained a funeral director and manager of...