Page A33 October 2022 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS Se c t i on A 2022 NFDA Convention Preview • Morris Family Services, Hartford, KY (A.F. Crow & Son Funeral Home, Glasgow; Butler Funeral Home, Edmonton; Caneyville Memorial Chapel, Caneyville; Haley-McGinnis Funeral Home, Owensboro; Holders Funeral Home, Owensville; Gardner-Brockman Funeral Home, Vincennes; Goodwin SieversVincennes Broadway, Vincennes; GoodwinSievers Washington, Washington; Watson & Hunt Funeral Directors, Leitchfield) • Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Johnson City, TN • Morrissett Funeral & Cremation Service, North Chesterfield, VA • Myers Mortuary, Inc., Ogden, UT (Myers Mortuary of Brigham City, Brigham City; Myers Mortuary of Layton, Layton; Myers Mortuary of Roy, Roy) • Nie Family Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (Nie Family Funeral Home & Cremation Services – Liberty Chapel, Ann Arbor) • Oliverie Funeral Home, Manchester, NJ (Oliverie Funeral Home, Jackson) • Olson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Sheboygan, WI • Paradise Memorial Funeral and Cremation Services, Milwaukee, WI • Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., East Pittsburgh, PA (Patrick T Lanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Turtle Creek) • Pedersen Funeral & Cremation Service, Morris, MN (Starbuck Funeral Home, Starbuck) • Pollock-Randall Funeral Home, Port Huron, MI (Karrer-Simpson Funeral Home, Port Huron; Marysville Funeral Home, Marysville) • Posey Funeral Directors, North Augusta, SC • Pray Funeral Home, Inc., Charlotte, MI • Primaveras, Guarulhos, Brazil • Radney Funeral Home, Alexander City, AL (Langley Funeral Home, Camp Hill) • Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Homes, Coal City, IL (Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Homes, Morris; Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Homes, Gardner; Reeves &Baskerville Funeral Homes, Wilmington) • Return Home, Auburn, WA • Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Traverse City, MI • Robinson Funeral Homes, Easley, SC (Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home, Central; Robinson Funeral Home & Crematory – Powdersville Road, Easley) • Roller Funeral Homes, Little Rock, AR (Roller Burns Funeral Home, Yellville; Roller Funeral Home, Mountain Home; Roller Funeral Homes, Paris; Roller-Alcoa Funeral Home, Benton; Roller-Christeson Funeral Home, Harrison; Roller-Citizens Funeral Home, West Memphis; Roller-Citizens Funeral Home, West Helena; Roller-Coffman Funeral Home, Marshall; Roller-Coffman-Crouch Funeral Home, Mountain View; Roller-Cox Funeral Home, Clarksville; Roller-Crouch Funeral Home, Batesville; Roller-Daniel Funeral Home, Searcy; Roller-England Funeral Home, England; Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home, Jonesboro; Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Clinton; Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Conway; RollerOwens Funeral Home, North Little Rock; Roller-Swift Funeral Home, Osceola) • Señoriales Corporación de Servicio. Guatemala City, Guatemala • Shain Family Funeral Service, Hugo, OK (Affordable Cremation Service, Oklahoma City; Community Funeral Home, Guthrie; Cremation Care Plus, Tulsa; Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home, Durant; Rice Funeral Service, Claremore; Roden-Pryor Funeral Directors, Paris; Smith Funeral Home, Inc., Sapulpa) • Smith Family Funeral Homes, North Little Rock, AR (Smith Little Rock Funeral Home, Little Rock; Smith Sherwood Funeral Home, Sherwood; Smith-Benton Funeral Home, Benton; Smith-Ruggles Wilcox Funeral Home, Arkadelphia; Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe) • Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes and Crematory, New Castle, DE (Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Home & Crematory, Delaware City; SpicerMullikin Funeral Home & Crematory, Newark; Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes & Crematory, Middletown) • St. Peter Chapels, Quezon City, Philippines • Tetrick Funeral Services, Johnson City, TN (Oakley-Cook Funeral Home, Bristol) • Thomas McAfee Funeral Homes, Greenville, SC (Thomas McAfee Funeral Home – Northwest Chapel, Greenville; Thomas McAfee Funeral Home Southeast Chapel, Simpsonville) • Twiford Funeral Home, LLC, Elizabeth City, NC (Twiford Funeral Homes, LLC, Manteo) • Vila Memorial – Centro de Velório São José, Natal, Brazil • Waitt Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Morganville, NJ (Old Bridge Funeral Home, Old Bridge) • Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary, Salt Lake City, UT (Valley View Memorial Park and Funeral Home, West Valley City; Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park South Valley, Riverton) • Weeks’ Funeral Home, Buckley, WA (EdlineYahn & Covington Funeral Chapel, Kent; Weeks’ Dryer Mortuary, Tacoma; Weeks’ Enumclaw Funeral Home, Enumclaw) • Wm. Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, Royal Oak, MI (Wm Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, Utica) NFDA Pursuit of Excellence Award Recipients continued New Book records the 172-year-old Joseph Gawler’s Sons Funeral Home’s Vibrant Legacy, its Place in US History In 1850, an orphaned British immigrant established a wood-working business in the 1700 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, just one block west of the nation’s fairly new presidential residence, the White House. Little did young Gawler know, his carpentry and casket business that he later expanded to include a livery stable, actually serve a majority of the presidents of his day and for future Gawler generations. In their new book, One Block West of the White House: Joseph Gawler’s Sons Funeral Home: Undertaker for the Presidents, Duane Hills and co-author Alice Adams have researched and reconstructed, with primary sources from the mortuary’s archives, the stories, families and dignitaries served by four generations of Gawler funeral directors and embalmers. “In researching and writing this book, we discovered not only the evolution of Gawler’s legacy but also the unequivocal historical parallels between funerals and history at every level, from local to regional and national impact,” Adams said. Hills, a veteran funeral service professional and president of Joseph Gawler’s Sons Funeral Home for the past decade, said the book was written while Gawler relatives were still willing and able to share memories, their impressions and experiences, growing up in a circle of respected Gawler families. “I believe it’s time for funeral directors to begin valuing the arrangements they make and the services they direct as important historical events, not only in the lives of the families experiencing loss but also in the communities in which they serve,” said Hills. “What we, as directors and embalmers do is our contribution to society, whomever the decedent may be. During their lives,” he explained, “they contribute to their community – from their offspring who will continue our society to the work they do, their volunteerism and the town’s growth. “In writing this book, our purpose was twofold: first, to capture the history of this funeral home; and second, to encourage similar projects throughout the nation – before precious funeral home history is lost.” “Every funeral director and every funeral home become stewards of their own unique stories and experiences,” Adams added, recalling her recurrent discovery of funeral homes that, unknowingly, had secured their place in history when they buried the first Texan executed by an electric chair, the firm directing services of the detective who was handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald at the time he was murdered by Jack Ruby in full view of the national television audience…and the list goes on. One Block West of the White House is available through their website at www.funeralhistorygroup.com. One Block West of the White House Book Signing at Expo Hall Duane Hills will be a special guest of NFDA at their booth on the first Monday of the Convention and Expo in Baltimore, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Following this book signing, he will be at the Southern Calls Magazine booth #553 to personally sign the book. VISIT OUR BOOTH 1214 Your Real Source. Anywhere. Anyt ime.
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