February 2019

Page A14 FEBRUARY 2019 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A Ernest W. Cloud Jr and his son ac- cepting the 2018-19 100 Black Women of Funeral Service Male Funeral Director of the Year Award By E lleanor S tarks B easley , CFSP Founder and Executive Director Hall of Fame Awards The four goals of the 100BWFS organization are: 1. Women's leadership and award recognition. 2. Mentoring and scholarship assistance for mortuary students, matching them with experienced licensed professionals to assist their development and licensure. 3. Community service projects. 4. Building a stronger network for females entering a male dominated profession. 25 years later the 100BWFS has been involved in numerous awards and projects including: • Living Legends of Funeral Service, recognition for 50 or more dedicated years in the profession. • Mortuary Science Educator of the Year. 100 B lack W omen of F uneral S ervice , I nc . • African American Funeral Service History Museum and Hall of Fame induction, which we will be showcasing for the next 11 months. • Breast Cancer Awareness Project, showcased in October along with the NFDA Convention. We are proud of all of our VIP Life Members, staff, exhibitors and the many members and suppliers who support us through the Memorial Scholarship Program and The Gift of Funeral Education, especially Nomis Publications, Inc. and Batesville Casket Co., who have supported us since we organized in 1993. We thank each of you who read our articles in the Funeral Home and Cemetery News each month. We are always looking for phenomenal women to join our ranks and help us work toward 25 more years of excellence for a new generation funeral caregivers. Email Hundredbwfs@aol.com. The 100 Black Women of Funeral Service, Inc. was founded in Kissimmee, FL in 1993 after a two year period of consultations and research on the role they would play in the National Funeral Directors andMorticians Association– The Nation's Oldest African American Funeral Service Organization. H all of F ame A wards A frican A merican F uneral S ervice H istory M useum 8 - 7 - 18 • 2PM Kissimmee, Florida Cloud Funeral Home, Cairo, Georgia African American Funeral Home Hall of Fame the neighborhood building was on First Avenue, and then relocated to Martin Luther King Jr Avenue before officially being established at its current location in Cairo. Continued on Page A15 ginia Cloud. It was be- cause of her concern for people and her involve- ment with many friends in time of sickness and death, that she saw the need for a funeral direc- tor and funeral home in Cairo, GA. Cloud & Son Funeral Home of- ficially began in 1925, when Mrs. Cloud be- gan selling caskets out of her home with the help of her husband, Thomas Calvin Cloud, Sr. The funeral home later moved to where Cloud Funeral Home and their staff are committed to serving families with dignity, respect and privacy. They got their humble beginnings through the vision of Emma Vir- CALL 1-800-321-7479 Only $125.00 Visit www.nomispublications.com Digital Directory Now Available