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OCTOBER 2013
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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Benefactor
Regions Funeral and Cemetery Trust
Title Sponsors
Batesville Casket Company
Buckner Management Services
Physicians Mutual
Service Corporation International
Corporate Gold Sponsors
Aurora Casket Company
Carriage Services
Forethought Financial Services
Foundation Partners Group
Homesteaders Life Company
Keith M. Merrick Company
Matthews International
National Guardian Life Insurance
Trust 100
Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc.
Birdie Sponsors
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Dodge Company
Genesis Casket
Johnson Consulting Group
March Funeral Homes
Schoedinger Funeral and
Cremation Services
Stewart Enterprises
StoneMor Partners LP
Continental Breakfast
Cypress Lawn Funeral Services
Johnson Consulting Group
Awards Luncheon
Athos Commemorative Services
Transportation
Guerra-Gutierrez Mortuaries
Driving Range and Putting
Green
Anthony Funeral Chapels
Beverage Sponsor
National Funeral Directors Association
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Contest Sponsors:
$25,000 Hole in One
Eagles Wings Air
$10,000 Putting Contest
Carmon Community Funeral Homes
Super Ticket Grand Prize
Regions Funeral and Cemetery Trust
Longest Drive
Anthony Funeral Chapels
Crescent Sales
Closest to the Pin
Preneed Funeral Program
RBC Wealth Management
Tee Box Sponsors
Funeral Home and Cemetery News
Have the Talk of a Lifetime
SM
Interment Trust Services/
Access Financial Group
The Island Funeral Home
and Crematory
Messenger LLC
MKJ Marketing
Myers Mortuary
Newington Memorial Funeral Home
The Outlook Group
First and Second Place Trophies
Trigard Burial Vaults
Giveaways
Funeral Home & Cemetery Directory
Funeral Home & Cemetery News
Great Western Supply Powered
by PROforma
Henry Gutterman
Messenger LLC
National Guardian Life Insurance
Southwest Airlines Cargo Division
Trigard Burial Vaults
Gratefully Acknowledges its 2013 Golf Classic
and Donor Reception Sponsors
2013 CONVENTION PREVIEW
The 2013 Funeral Service Foundation
Golf Classic will take place on Sunday, Oc-
tober 20, at the Avery Ranch Golf Club.
This spectacular course, with natural lime-
stone caverns, knobby live-oak trees, roll-
ing hills and meandering streams and
OGR TO HOST
FALL FORUM
The International Order of the Golden
Rule (OGR) will host its annual Fall Forum Ed-
ucation Conference October 18–19, 2013 in
Austin, TX, the location of their home office.
Industry professionals will attend the Fall
Forum for educational sessions and network-
ing, with access to NFDA events, and ex-
posure to the music, history, and food that
make up Austin. Austin consistently ranks as
one of America’s best cities to visit according
to national publications such as US News and
World Report, and Forbes.
Founded in 1928, OGR is affiliated with
more than 700 independent funeral homes
that share common goals of exemplary ser-
vice, uncompromising care and compassion
to families in their time of need. For more in-
formation, visit
FUNERAL SERVICE
FOUNDATION GOLF
CLASSIC
SUNDAY OCTOBER 20
AVERY RANCH GOLF CLUB
lakes, creates an
unparalleled experi-
ence for both nov-
ice and expert golf-
ers. The registration
fee will help the
foundation contin-
ue to attract, retain
and educate funeral
service profession-
als; promote the
value of the death-
care profession to
the public; pro-
vide scholarships
to funeral service
students and pro-
fessionals; and sup-
port children’s grief
programs.
Stop by the Funer-
al Service Founda-
tion booth and find
out how the Foun-
dation is achieving
their mission to raise
awareness of the im-
portance of funeral
service through the
development and
application of new
knowledge that re-
sults in more mean-
ingful services for
families, friends, and
their loved ones.
Make a difference
while having fun at
the NFDA Conven-
tion & Expo this year!
Join your friends, fel-
low funeral direc-
tors and valued cli-
ents for a rousing
game of golf at this
year's Funeral Ser-
vice
Foundation
Golf Classic during
the NFDA Conven-
tion.
Experience one of
Austin's finest cours-
es, Avery Ranch
Golf Club, while en-
joying the camara-
derie of our funeral
service peers.