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William C. Harris Funeral Directors & Cremation Service
nity to travel to London, England with his
class to study the culture of funeral service
at the F
rederickW. Payne Undertaking Com-
pany.
Here he received a certificate from the
British Institute of Embalming.
Harris grad-
uated in the spring of 1993 with an Associ-
ate’s degree in Applied Science.
William C. Harris, Jr., William C. Harris Funeral
Directors & Cremation Service
which was given on the 23rd
of February 1983, ten days
after his eighteenth birthday.
In the fall of 1991, Har-
ris enrolled at the
St. Louis
Community College
at For-
est Park,
for Funeral Service
Education. While a student,
he was offered the opportu-
In 1999, Harris was elected secretary for
the
Missouri State Funeral Directors and Em-
balmers Association
and held that position
until 2008. In 2013 he was elected presi-
dent and currently holds that position. Har-
ris is also a board member of the
National
Funeral Director and Morticians Association
,
Warren-McElwain’s New
Coach
the
100 Black Men of Great
St. Louis,
and the
100 Black
Men of the NFDMA.
In 2000, Harris went to
work at the
Wade Funer-
al Home
as a funeral di-
rector. In 2002, he became
associated with the
Stygar
Family of Funeral Ser-
vice,
where he was an in-
dependent contract funer-
al director. In 2004, Harris
received his CFSP certifi-
cation from the
Academy
of Professional Funeral Ser-
vice Practice
and at that
time he was the only Afri-
can American funeral di-
rector in that area with the
certification. On June 30,
2006, Harris purchased
the funeral home, in which
he was working, from the
Stygar family. Now li-
censed as,
William C.
Harris Funeral Directors
& Cremation Service.
LAWRENCE,KS—
Jim Larkin
(L) of
Warren-McElwain
Mortuary and Cremation Services
recently took deliv-
ery of a new carved panel
Rosewood Classic Coach.
Deliv-
ery was made by
Richard Neal
(R) of
Rosewood Classic
Coach
in Morrilton, AR.
With more than 104 years of experience, Warren-McEl-
wain Mortuary and Cremation Services is a family owned
and operated business that is committed to serve the fam-
ilies of Douglas County with the highest quality care and
personalized funeral service.
