SAM A TWIFORD
May 28, 2021
SAM A. TWIFORD JR of Elizabeth City, NC died May 28, 2021 at the age of 77. A retired funeral director, he was the former co-owner of Twiford Funeral Homes and was president of the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association in 1989. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he taught at the Gupton Jones School of Mortuary...
JOHN WHITE CROXTON
May 25, 2021
JOHN WHITE CROXTON of Cincinnati, OH, died May 25, 2021 at the age of 91. A funeral director and embalmer for sixty-four years, he owned and operated the T.P. White & Sons Funeral Home.
G. THOMAS "TOM" GENTILE
May 23, 2021
G. THOMAS "TOM" GENTILE of Hackensack, NJ, died May 23, 2021 at the age of 72. A funeral director for over forty years, he began working the funeral business every summer throughout his high school years. In the mid-1970s, Tom purchased the former Gromley Community Funeral Home. He later expanded the business, acquiring the Stewart Funeral Home, Ricardo Memorial Home...
ALFONSE F GAMBACORTA
May 21, 2021
ALFONSE F. GAMBACORTA of Amherst, NY died May 21, 2021 at the age of 82. Throughout his forty-six years as a licensed funeral director, he worked for the Greco Funeral Home, Rubino Memorial Home and Amigone Funeral Home, among others. A 1961 graduate of the Simmons School of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Erie Niagara Funeral Directors...
RICHARD J GALANTE
May 19, 2021
RICHARD J. GALANTE JR of Union, NJ died May 19, 2021 at the age of 69. He worked with his family as a third-generation funeral director for the Galante Funeral Home in Union his entire life. Galante Jr graduated with a degree in mortuary science from the University of Minnesota in 1973 and was appointed the president of the State...
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.
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.
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,...