MICHAEL HUGHES
May 14, 2021
MICHAEL HUGHES of Adel, GA died May 14, 2021 at the age of 47. He was a funeral director for twenty-five years at both Boone and Purvis Funeral Home.
CHARLIE ALBERT REID
May 14, 2021
CHARLIE ALBERT REID JR of Augusta, GA died May 14, 2021. He worked alongside his father, Charlie Sr at Blount and Reid Funeral Home. In 1987, after his father's death, Charlie renamed the firm C. A. Reid Sr. Memorial Funeral Home. He graduated from the Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service.
WALLACE "WALLY" D. LEWELLYN
Apr 30, 2021
WALLACE "WALLY" D. LEWELLYN of Grove City, OH died April 30, 2021 at the age of 86. A retired funeral director, he worked at the Schoedinger Funeral and Cremation Service for over forty years, mostly serving the Grove City Chapel. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he served as president of the Grove City Cemetery board.
DORIS THOMPSON SLACK
Apr 29, 2021
DORIS THOMPSON SLACK of Howard County, MD died April 29, 2021 at the age of 93. In 1966, she and her husband, John R. Slack purchased the Higinbothom Funeral Home. Upon John's is 1983, Doris became president of the Slack Funeral Home, P.A. in Ellicott City, a position which she held until her death. She was a member of the...
EDDIE RAY JOHNSON
Apr 28, 2021
REV EDDIE RAY JOHNSON of Galveston, TX died April 28, 2021 at the age of 56. A licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1990, he worked at Mercy Funeral Systems in Beaumont, TX before becoming the manager of Fields Funeral Home, Inc in Galveston, TX. Johnson later purchased the firm and combined it with the E. R. Johnson Family Mortuary,...
JEROME BUSLER GHOLSON
Apr 27, 2021
JEROME BUSLER GHOLSON of McLeansboro, IL died April 27, 2021 at the age of 85. A second-generation funeral director, he owned and operated the Gholson Funeral Home in McLeansboro and Dahlgren for over 55 years. He previously served as the Hamilton County coroner and was an EMT for Gholson Ambulance Service for many years.
HERBERT "HERB" H. MOORE
Apr 26, 2021
HERBERT "HERB" H. MOORE of Vinton, OH died April 26, 2021 at the age of 85. A funeral director and embalmer since 1970, he worked at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Homes in Vinton and Gallipolis until the time of his passing. A 1969 graduate of the Cincinnati School of Mortuary Science, he was a fifty-year member of the Ohio Funeral Directors...
LAWRENCE C PANOZZO
Apr 22, 2021
LAWRENCE C. PANOZZO of Flossmoor, IL died April 22, 2021 at the age of 91. A licensed funeral director for 67 years, he owned and operated the Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home in Chicago Heights, IL and served as a longtime secretary for the Funeral Directors Services Association of Greater Chicagoland.
DAVID F MCFARLAND
Apr 22, 2021
DAVID F. MCFARLAND of Sebring, OH, formerly of Warren, OH died April 22, 2021 at the age of 98. He was the owner and operator of the former McFarland & Son Funeral Services in Warren, which was founded by his grandfather in 1897. Tradition was carried on by his son, fourth generation Jim McFarland. A 1946 graduate of the Cincinnati...
WILLIAM H. "BILL" ROOT
Apr 22, 2021
WILLIAM H. "BILL" ROOT of Michigan City, IN died April 22, 2021 at the age of 82. He was the owner and operator of Root Funeral Home in Michigan City. Bill passed the business over to his sons upon retirement. A graduate of the Worsham College of Mortuary Science, he was past deputy of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association.