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FEBRUARY 2013
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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central part of CCA’s mission. Jesus called the children to him
and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not stop
them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God be-
longs.’ [Matthew, 19:14] Acknowledging a child’s grief gives
them strength to cope with the reality of a loved one’s death,
but a hole always remains.”
In addition to launching the event, all sponsors placed sig-
nage to promote the event on their respective premises, dis-
tributed blue lollipops to customer traffic, and had employees
wear blue ribbons on Thursday November 15, 2012.
Marcella Boyd Cox hopes that Children’s Grief Awareness
Day events will take place annually, and that more end-of-
life firms across the United States will join the effort. “E. F.
Boyd, and the other participants found sponsoring Children’s
Grief Awareness Day in Northeast Ohio to be deeply satis-
fying. This activity has made a meaningful contribution to
the quality of life in our Greater Cleveland community. We
By Elleanor Davis Starks, CFSP-CCA,
Founder and Executive Director of the 100 BWFS, Inc.
Romans, servicing the dead was organized. The high priest who select-
ed the finest balm leaves for the preparation of their dead, the laying out
of the dead by earlier civilizations, and most important the events around
the Civil War which defined the embalming process allowing the return
of loved ones from the war so families could properly mourn and have
a last look at those lost in battle. Our profession is demanding and re-
spectful. The 21st Century licensed funeral director and embalmer must
pass national and sometimes state board examinations to serve the public.
Mortuary training schools and educational seminars have been developed.
Around the nation training has taken place at Clark’s and the Welch School
of Embalming, Dr. Renouard’s Training School, Eckels, Landig, American
Academy McAllister, New England Institute, Pittsburgh Institute, Worsham
College, Barnes School, Cincinnati School, Kentucky School and Atlanta
College, to name a few. Some of these historical training grounds have
been replaced with newer institutions while others just closed down over
the years, but the training lives on in the lives of great funeral legends.
Today we celebrate a Generation of Successful Funeral Professionals who
have devoted their lives and careers to the Funeral Profession. They are
the “2012 Living Legends of Funeral Service” selected by the 100 BWFS
Organization. Many come from funeral legacies and are second and third
generation licensees. Some started their own legacy and have taken fu-
neral service to another level, completing their life destiny working in the
funeral service arena. Whether 4 plus decades of service, a 50, 60, or 70
year licensee, a 100 year old funeral centurion who started her training
at age 16 or our 97 year old legend who married and assisted her hus-
band in the business for their livelihood. They all have one thing in com-
mon, Dedication and Love for the funeral profession by choice. Our 2012
Living Legends are both men and women
who could tell you stories of the progress
of the paperwork from the funeral direc-
tors job in the front office to the back room
techniques for preservation and creating the
“Memory Look.” Meet the 100 BWFS 2013
Living Legends of Funeral Service monthly
and read their journey to one of the most
amazing and demanding professions on this
earth. The changes within the industry over
the years and the expectations of living up to
a reputation of those who came before them
or family that trained them makes each story
different and each journey exciting.
2013
Living
Legends
Throughout the history of
mankind the funeral service pro-
fession has played an important
event in our lives. Dating back
to the Egyptians, Greeks and
Living Legends from Eckels
College of Mortuary Science
Eckels College of Mortuary Science
was founded in
1895 in Philadelphia. Founder
Howard S. Eckels
was a
pharmaceutical chemist, and his reputation for formu-
lating a dynamic safer embalming formula fluid that re-
placed arsenic changed the makeup of embalming fluids.
John Edward Anderson, Sr. – Detroit, Michigan
John Edward Anderson, Sr
. served in the United States Air
Force duringWorldWar II as a technical sergeant. After return-
ing home, he desired to pursue a career in medicine, but there
was a waiting list due to the quota system. As an alternative,
John Edward Anderson, Sr.
he decided to study Mortu-
ary Science with the help of
the GI Bill. He was a stand-
out student and graduated
Summa Cum Laude from
Eckels in 1950. John’s pro-
fessional life began in 1946
at
McFall Brothers Funer-
al Home
of Detroit. He has
been a licensed mortician for
over 60 years, currently serv-
ing as a consultant. He was
honored by the
Michigan Fu-
neral Directors Association
in
2012 with a Legends Award
for his tenure in the profession. He has the distinction as the
oldest licensed professional in the
Michigan Select-National Fu-
neral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc
. He has served
faithfully as a member of the Epsilon Nu Delta Mortuary Fra-
ternity, Inc.,
National Funeral Directors Association
, and a com-
munity advocate as a life member of the NAACP.
Marshall W. Jones, Jr. – Baltimore, Maryland
MarshallW. Jones, Jr
. attendedTemple University and was
also an honor graduate of Eckels, class of 1952. After four
years in the United States Air Force as a Medical Technician,
he was honorably discharged in 1956. He served a three-year
apprenticeship with the
Charles R. Law Funeral Home
and
received his LFD designation in 1960 after he received his
LE Certificate in 1959. He established the
Marshall Jones
Funeral Home
in January 1961 and in 1972 a second loca-
tion was acquired. He had great leadership attributes and was
active with the
Funeral Directors & Morticians Association
of
Maryland
where he served as president for two years and was
a constant supporter of its endeavors. He was a great men-
tor to up-and-coming funeral directors, including his brother
Cleveland Businesses
Honor Children’s Grief
Awareness Day
urge other end-of-life organi-
zations across the country to
join this effort.”
National Children’s Grief
Awareness Day was origi-
nated to let grieving children
know that they are not alone.
The holiday season is espe-
cially difficult for children af-
ter the death of a loved one.
This day seeks to bring atten-
tion to the importance of be-
ing sensitive to the needs of
grieving children and their
families, and that caring sup-
port can make a tremendous
difference to them. One out
of twenty children, or five
percent, will experience the
loss of a parent before gradu-
ating from high school. Vis-
it The National Alliance for
Grieving Children at http://
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