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.
CLEELAND R WILLIS
Apr 21, 2021
CLEELAND R. WILLIS of Gallipolis, OH died April 21, 2021 at the age of 84. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he owned and operated Willis Funeral Home, which he founded in 1974. A 1972 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
ROBERT CLAYTON CARTER
Apr 20, 2021
ROBERT CLAYTON CARTER of Columbus, OH died April 20, 2021 at the age of 57. A funeral director for thirty-five years, he owned and operated the Robert C. Carter Funeral Services, which he founded in 1986. Carter was also the managing director at the John Quint Treboni Funeral Home. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was...
VIRGINIA L. "GINNY" HERRING MAHAN
Apr 16, 2021
VIRGINIA L. "GINNY" HERRING MAHAN of Walla Walla, WA died April 16, 2021 at the age of 87. In the late 1940's, her father, the late Norman S. Herring, assumed ownership of the Marshall, Calloway and Hennessey Funeral Home and renamed it Herring Funeral Home. A second-generation funeral director since 1973, Mahan became president of the firm after the death...
PETER WADSWORTH
Apr 14, 2021
PETER WADSWORTH of Framingham, MA died April 14, 2021 at the age of 79. A funeral director, he owned and operated his family's firm, Wadsworth Funeral Home, now Advantage Funeral & Cremation Services until his retirement in 2003.