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FEBRUARY 2013
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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Colonial Funeral Home
purchases New Coach
Nelsen Family Funeral Merges with SCI
RICHMOND,VA—
Blair
Nelsen
, President of the
Nelsen Funeral Homes
of
Richmond, Ashland and
Williamsburg, VA and the
Cremation Society of Vir-
ginia
in Richmond, Char-
lottesville and Chantil-
ly, VA has announced the
merger of his family busi-
ness with
Service Corp In-
ternational
(SCI).
John-
son Consulting Group
(JCG), the death care in-
dustry leader in merger
and acquisition, was in-
strumental in accomplish-
ing the merger as the firm
represented both buyer and
seller.
“When making a decision
of this gravity, an owner has
various and diverse objec-
tives, many of which hold
equal importance. Certain-
ly the financial future of my
immediate family, which
includes siblings, is very
important; but also is the
future of the business my
family invested over a cen-
tury in creating. I want to
know the community will
be well served and that the
Nelsen name will continue
to be respected. Also impor-
tant is the future of the over
100 associates that have in-
vested their time and ener-
gies in building this busi-
ness. When I considered all
of these priorities with the
assistance of
Tom
and
Jake
Johnson
and their team of
professionals, it became ap-
parent SCI represented the
best all around choice.”
According to Jake John-
son, “The Nelsen family
businesses represent a per-
fect fit with SCI as it repre-
sents a merger of two high
quality organizations. Blair
Nelsen has gained a nation-
al reputation as one of the
death care industry’s more
innovative operators. As a
result, Nelsen more than
quadrupled his 120 year
family business during the
20 years under his leader-
ship.”
“Contrary to what many
people might expect, merg-
ers and acquisitions is not
just a matter of money
changing hands. If that’s all
there was to it, there would
be no need for specialists
such as JCG,” said Tom
Johnson, JCG Chairman.
“When working with buy-
ers and sellers, it’s as much a
matching of corporate cul-
tures and individual person-
alities, as it is arriving at a
mutually acceptable dollar
figure. JCG has gained the
position in the death care
industry not by just mak-
ing deals, but by creating
long term successful merg-
ers where each side emerg-
es successfully, both on the
short term and the long
term.”
Nelsen will remain with
SCI in staff and advisory
roles, applying his accumu-
lated knowledge in building
a successful cremation so-
ciety business by accepting
a position on the
Neptune
Society
board, and working
MADISON,NC—
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eral Coach fromleft to right are
Ms. LindaShelton
,
Thomas
Joyce
, and
Will Hooper
of the Colonial staff and
Bill McK-
eithan
of
CrainSales
making the delivery.The family owned
funeral home, was established in 1970 by a group of people
who wanted to add a choice of funeral homes in the area.
Colonial Funeral Home
currently operates two funeral
homes: Colonial Funeral Home and Chapel, Inc., Madi-
son, NC and Colonial Funeral Home Stokes Chapel, San-
dy Ridge, NC.
with SCI’s legislative aware-
ness team by influencing the
development of state and
national legislation that will
positively impact the death
care industry as a whole.
For additional informa-
tion about the Johnson
Consulting Group’s services
in the US and Canada, vis-
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com or call 888-250-7747.
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