October 2018

Page A27 OCTOBER 2018 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A Custom Statues Life Size Bronze or Marble Delivery in 120 Days Starting at $8,300. 00 Contact: Gregory Cave caveco33@aol.com 1-800-989-2283 www.caveco.us Clay model of larger than life size Angel with children to be cast in Statuary Bronze Statuary Bronze Finish SEE IT IN ACTION: watch the video at Ideal for home removals wheels make it easier on your back! US Cremation Equipment leads the way. It all comes down to… PERFORMANCE! www.uscremationequipment.com • info@uscremationequipment.com Service Performance · Rapid Response Times · Attentive to Your Needs · Experienced & Knowledgeable Equipment Performance · Low Cost Ef cient Operation · No Cool-Down Between Cases · Fast Processing Times · Longer Equipment Life · Obese Case Capacity · Fully Automated Controls Call 321.282.7357 We build the best and service the rest. V i s i t u s a t B o o t h 1 9 1 3 Carriage Services Announces Acquisition of Presley Funeral Home in Tennessee and L. Harold Poole Funeral Service and Crematory in North Carolina Service Corporation International Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend HOUSTON,TX— Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE: CSV) is pleased to announce that they have partnered with both Presley Funeral Home in Cookeville, TN and L. Harold Poole Funeral Service and Crematory in Knightdale, NC. Having acquired and rebranded an already existing local funeral home in 2012 based on the desire to better serve his hometown and community, Bryant Presley and his family have more than doubled the number of families served annually since then. The partnership with Presley Funeral Home further expands Carriage Services’ strate- gic geographic footprint in the state of Tennessee. Bryant will continue to lead and grow his business as the Man- aging Partner, consistent with our commitment to grow through partnership with local entrepreneurs. Mel Payne , Chairman and CEO of Carriage Services, stated, “We are extremely positive on the favorable outlook for growth opportunities in the rapidly growing Cookev- ille micropolitan market with Bryant Presley as our part- ner. Our relationship with Bryant and Presley Funeral Home will also help us capitalize on additional opportu- nities to build a portfolio of Being The Best businesses in other high growth markets throughout Tennessee.” Bryant Presley said, “My family and I are very excited and very much look forward to our partnership with Car- riage Services so that we can keep growing Presley Funer- al Home and become even better positioned to offer high value personal service to even more families in our com- munity and its surrounding areas.” In 1978, Harold and Barbara Poole opened L. Har- old Poole Funeral Service and Crematory thereby ful- filling Harold’s dream of becoming an entrepreneur in his home town of Knightdale. After Harold passed away suddenly in 1998, Barbara obtained her funeral director’s license to continue serving the Knightdale community with the high value personal services that defines their Being The Best reputation. L. Harold Poole Funeral Ser- vice and Crematory serves over 275 families annually. Payne stated, “The partnership with L. Harold Poole Funeral Service and Crematory expands our presence in the strategic market area of Raleigh, North Carolina. We are honored that Barbara has chosen to partner with us as we grow our presence in North Carolina with an elite group of Being The Best funeral homes in alignment with our Good To Great Journey that never ends.” Barbara Poole stated, “Our priorities have always been to the families we serve. When it was time to ensure that the Poole Funeral Service philosophy would continue to be available to our communities for generations to come, we sought out the Carriage family as the best possible partner we could choose.” Carriage Services is a leading U.S. provider of funeral and cemetery services and merchandise. Carriage operates 182 funeral homes in 29 states and 32 cemeteries in 11 states. HOUSTON,TX— Service Corporation Interna- tional (NYSE: SCI) an- nounced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of seventeen cents per share of common stock. The quarterly cash dividend is payable on September 28, 2018 to shareholders of re- cord at the close of busi- ness on September 14, 2018. Service Corpora- tion International (NYSE: SCI) ownes and operates 1,486 funeral homes and 480 cemeteries (of which 285 are combination lo- cations) in 44 states, eight Canadian provinces, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The company markets the Dignity Me- morial ® brand. For more information about Service Corporation International, visit www.sci-corp.com. L ike Us On Facebook!