WILLIE PERRY DAVIS
Jan 28, 2022
WILLIE PERRY DAVIS SR of Gretna, LA died Jan-uary 28, 2022 at the age of 88. He founded Davis Mortuary Service, Inc in Gretna, LA in 1983. Davis built a second location in Marrero, LA in 1987, a third in Eastern New Orleans in 1998, and established Woodlawn Park Memorial Cemetery in 2004. He graduated from the Delgado Community College...
CLARENCE W
Jan 26, 2022
CLARENCE W. LEWIS of Conroe, TX died January 26, 2022 at the age of 80. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for fifty-eight years, he founded an ambulance service and then continued the undertaking legacy of his great grandfather Sgt. Luther J Dorsey as owner of Clarence Lewis & Son Mortuary for 49 years. He graduated from the of Commonwealth...
HARRY PONTONE
Jan 25, 2022
HARRY PONTONE of Brooklyn, NY and recently Houston, TX died January 25, 2022 at the age of 91. He, along with his four brothers, joined their father at the South Brooklyn Casket Company, which expanded to include Miller Casket Company and Reliable Miller Casket Company, then combined under Milso Industries where Harry was president and CEO. Pontone earned his funeral...
RICHARD JOSEPH DIEHL
Jan 24, 2022
RICHARD JOSEPH DIEHL of Columbus, OH died January 24, 2022 at the age of 75. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for nearly fifty years, he served his apprenticeship at Ball Funeral Home in Cleveland before joining the family business, Diehl Funeral Home in Youngstown. In 1969, the Diehl family acquired Mrs. D.A. Whittaker & Sons in Columbus. Early in...
PAUL E. FOSTER
Jan 23, 2022
PAUL E. FOSTER of Fulton, NY died January 23, 2022 at the age of 68. A third-generation funeral director, he joined the family firm of Foster Funeral Home, Inc in Fulton, which his grandfather, Rudolph P. Foster founded. In 1985, Paul acquired the firm from his father, Clifford C. Foster and continued to own and operate it until his retirement...
ALICE THERESA BEYSMORE MANNS
Jan 22, 2022
ALICE THERESA BEYSMORE MANNS of Baltimore, MD died January 22, 2022 at the age of 87. A fifth-generation funeral director, she operated the family business, Elickson Funeral Home. Manns was recognized as the longest-living African-American woman mortician in Baltimore City by the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association and the Black Funeral Directors and Morticians Association in 2022.
JAMES TERRELL WILKEY
Jan 22, 2022
JAMES TERRELL WILKEY of Waco, TX died January 22, 2022 at the age of 90. He worked for Adams Funeral Home as a licensed funeral director and part-owner, retiring after forty-five years. Wilkey graduated from the Dallas institute of Mortuary Science.
LARRY JOE "LJ" ENFIELD
Jan 20, 2022
LARRY JOE "LJ" ENFIELD JR of Norton, KS died January 20, 2022 at the age of 58. He worked with his father, Larry Sr., at Enfield Funeral Home. In 2008, LJ and his wife, Diana purchased the firm from his father and continued to own and operate it until their retirement in January 2021. A 1983 graduate of the Kansas...
JOHN COLLINS AULT
Jan 19, 2022
JOHN COLLINS AULT of Crown Point, IN died January 19, 2022 at the age of 83. A 1959 graduate of the Indiana College of Mortuary Science, he began working for Harry W. Moore at Arlington Chapel and continued there until 1960, when he moved to Hammond, IN to work for George L. Bocken at Bocken Funeral Home. After working for...
JAMES LUKE CEDENO of
Jan 17, 2022
JAMES LUKE CEDENO of Hutchinson, KS died January 17, 2022 at the age of 38. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Old Mission-Heritage Funeral Home in Hutchinson. Cedeno graduated from the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science.