In Dearborn, Michigan, the Muslim community came together to raise funds for an addition to their existing house of worship and in November 2012, Gate to Heaven Funeral Home became a reality. Located adjacent to the Islamic Institute of Knowledge, the new facility is a source of pride and comfort for the local Islamic population [...]
Davis & Davis Funeral Home Opens in Stanton, KY
Stanton, KY__Davis & Davis Funeral Home has opened in Stanton, Kentucky, carrying on the tradition of Wells Funeral Homes, a 50-year-old institution in the community. Wells Funeral Homes had been owned by Megan Davis’s grandparents, Virginia and Carl Wells, Sr. David Davis and Megan, licensed funeral directors, had worked in the family business for many [...]
Peacock Funeral Home Modernizes their Prep Room
WHITEVILLE, NC – When you take a small preparation room in a 47 year old funeral home and make it even smaller, can you end up with more? That is exactly what Peacock Funeral Home in Whiteville, NC, accomplished with the help of Duncan Stuart Todd, Ltd., the Preparation Room Specialists. Spearheading the project was [...]
Conner Bowman opens Second Facility
ROCKY MOUNT, VA – Victor Conner and Kevin Bowman are proud to announce the completion of their new 11,000-square-foot-facility at 62 Virginia Market Place Drive, Conner-Bowman Funeral Home and Crematory. Fulfilling a longtime dream, they now offer the community two locally owned and operated funeral homes. “Having the largest and most modern facilities in Franklin [...]
Sanders Funeral Home meets challenge
EUREKA, CA — Stan Dame faced many challenges when he was asked to manage Sanders Funeral Home, a firm that has been in business for 102 years in Eureka. He could not have known the myriad of obstacles that he would face in renovating the facility that had been a converted Victorian home. Undaunted, Mr. [...]
Double Celebration for Holloway Funeral Homes in Maryland
POCOMOKE CITY, MD—Holloway Funeral Homes, proud of their tradition of professionalism for four generations, is equally proud to celebrate two new major events in the firm’s long history. A completely new funeral home, now in operation in Pocomoke City, was built to extend their operations in the Eastern shore of Maryland. Keith Downey, Mortician and [...]
New Facility for Wilmington Mortuary Service
WILMINGTON, NC — Doug Bevell opened Wilmington Mortuary Service in 1998 to serve funeral directors in his North Carolina community. This past winter he was in the process of constructing a new building to better serve his clientele. Plans for the 3,800-sq-ft. facility included an office, a garage housing four vehicles, a crematory and a [...]
Costello-Runyon Funeral Home builds new Preparation Room
METUCHEN, NJ — Joseph V. Costello, III, better known as Jay, and his wife, Suzanne, continued a family tradition in funeral service when they purchased the Runyon Mortuary in Metuchen, NJ in 1992, renaming it Costello-Runyon Funeral Home. Mr. Costello had worked with his father, Joseph V. Costello, Jr., after his graduation in 1983. After [...]
Aaron and Burney Bivens Funeral Home Is a New Venture in Orange Park, Florida
ORANGE PARK, FL — Burney Bivens, a practicing attorney, joined his son, Aaron, in mortuary school in 2006 before the father and son team opened a funeral home in Orange Park in August 2009. Mr. Burney Bivens maintains his law office, established in 1982, while holding the title of Funeral Director in Charge for the [...]
Bonaventure Funeral Home is Gracious in Southern Tradition
SAVANNAH, GA — One visit to Bonaventure Funeral Home, in person or via the internet, and it becomes clear that this is no cookie-cutter funeral home. Kyle Nikola, president, wanted to provide a comfortable, gracious home from which to serve families when he established his first funeral home in this historic southern city. He speaks [...]
