CARL WAYNE GRAVES
Jan 19, 2019
CARL WAYNE GRAVES of Bowling Green, KY, formerly of Scottsville, KY died January 19, 2019 at the age of 84. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer for Gerard and Bradley Funeral Home.
CLYDIE EDWARD EVANS
Jan 19, 2019
CLYDIE EDWARD EVANS SR of Houston, MO died January 19, 2019 at the age of 87. A licensed funeral director, he owned and operated Evans Funeral Home alongside his wife, Jean, for 46 years. They sold the business in 2005.
RONALD REX HOSTETTLER
Jan 14, 2019
RONALD REX HOSTETTLER of Uhrichsville, OH died January 14, 2019 at the age of 82. A licensed funeral director for over 50 years, he owned and operated the Uhrich-Hostettler Funeral Home, Inc, retiring in 2003. A graduate of the Cincinnati School of Embalm-ing, he was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the Tri-County Funeral Directors Association.
JAMES FRANCIS "DIGGER" GILPATRIC
Jan 12, 2019
JAMES FRANCIS "DIGGER" GILPATRIC of Kingston, NY died January 12, 2019 at the age of 89. He began his career as a fourth generation funeral director and mortician by working at his grandfather's firm, the James M. Murphy Funeral Home in Kingston. Following the death of his grandfather, Jimmy took over ownership of the firm in 1954 and in 1972,...
JOHN P. "SONNY" COX
Jan 12, 2019
JOHN P. "SONNY" COX of Charleston, WV died January 12, 2019 at the age of 88. A licensed funeral director for sixty-nine years, he was the owner and operator of Bartlett-Burdette-Cox Funeral Home. In 1955, he received the Charles E. Dodd Award for Outstanding Funeral Director of the Year. Cox was a member of the National Selected Morticians Association, National...
ALTON C. BENTON
Jan 10, 2019
ALTON C. BENTON of Killeen, GA died January 10, 2019 at the age of 64. He worked as a pre-need counselor and funeral director for Branford/Dawson Funeral Home for 24 years. He graduated from the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service in 2004.
RICHARD A. "DICK" STOWERS
Jan 9, 2019
RICHARD A. "DICK" STOWERS of Brandon, FL died January 9, 2019 at the age of 89. He established Stowers Funeral Home and Ambulance Service, Tampa Chapel, Riverview Chapel, B. Marion Reed, and Marsicano Funeral Home. He graduated from the Dallas Institute-Gupton Jones College of Mortuary Science in 1959.
RUSSELL H. "RUSS" SPRING
Jan 9, 2019
RUSSELL H. "RUSS" SPRING of McConnelsville and Zanesville, OH died January 9, 2019 at the age of 62. A retried funeral director and embalmer, he worked at the DeLong-Baker and Lanning Funeral Home in Zanesville and later the Vorhis Funeral Home in Cincinnati. A 1986 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Ohio...
DONALD S. "DONZIE" RUSSELL
Jan 8, 2019
DONALD S. "DONZIE" RUSSELL of Springdale, OH died January 8, 2019 at the age of 83. In 1978 he became the president of Vorhis Funeral Homes, Inc upon the death of his father. He retired in 2004 after 49 years of service.
FRANCIS J. BERUBE
Jan 8, 2019
FRANCIS J. BERUBE of Haverhill, MA died January 8, 2019 at the age of 88. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he was the owner and operator of Berube-Comeau Funeral Home, which he purchased in 1968. He graduated from the New England Institute of Mortuary Science in 1966.