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CREMATION KEEPSAKES
SCI Declares Quarterly
Cash Dividend
Ross wants to show others that the funeral industry is
a respectable industry to be in, not only to leave a last-
ing legacy for the families, but to also give an individual’s
family a lifetime of beautiful and wonderful memories of
their loved ones.
By Elleanor Davis Starks, CFSP-CCA-CCO,
Founder of 100BWFS, Inc.
Scholarship was created to honor the legacies left behind by professionals
of the industry who made a difference for those following in their footsteps
in funeral service. They left a roadmap to success for family members who
wanted to continue that legacy by encouraging our funeral colleagues to
do the same for the next generation of caregivers through the gift of fu-
neral education. The generation before us always believed that“We make
a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. The
first job of leadership is to help people see their significance.”
The 100 BWFS Scholarships are non-discriminatory and are for the ben-
efit for all mortuary students around the nation, who have completed half
of their graduation requirements. Since 1993 we have given hundreds of
scholarships to deserving students who are successfully licensed and work-
ing in various roles in the industry. They are owners, licensed funeral direc-
tors and embalmers, pre-need counselors, sales and office managers, and
program directors. They have CFSP, CPC and lots of designations behind
their names. So we want to say thank you to our Memorial Scholarship
Donors, thank you Corporate Scholarship Donors, thank you to our Annual
Scholarship Families, and thank you to our fu-
neral colleagues who are not able to sponsor
a scholarship but make a donation because
they care about the future of the funeral ser-
vice profession. They know that helping oth-
ers achieve their goals helps us to achieve our
personal goals as well. In the coming months
we will introduce you to our wonderful and
caring Scholarship Donors as well as our gift-
ed and deserving mortuary science students
from around the nation.
Scholarship
Donors &
Recipients
The 100 Black Women of Funeral Service,
Inc. was founded in 1993 with the purpose of
leadership recognition, scholarship donation for
promising future Funeral Service/Mortuary Science students, and mentoring
to build funeral service relations and a stronger network for women who
had chosen Funeral Service as their Profession. The 100 BWFS Memorial
HOUSTON,TX— Service Corporation Internation-
al (NYSE: SCI) announced that its Board of Directors
approved a quarterly cash dividend of thirteen cents per
share of common stock. The quarterly cash dividend an-
nounced is payable on March 31, 2017 to shareholders of
record at the close of business on March 15, 2017.
At December 31, 2016, Service Corporation Interna-
tional owned and operated 1,502 funeral homes and
470 cemeteries (of which 281 are combination loca-
tions) in 45 states, eight Canadian provinces, the District
of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Through their business-
es, they market the Dignity Memorial® brand which of-
fers assurance of quality, value, caring service, and excep-
tional customer satisfaction. For more information visit
or .
Dr. Edith Churchman
Nakeia Ross
Recipient Nakeia Ross has passionately yearned to pursue a
career in mortuary science since the age of twelve. Through-
out her experiences, she would argue that education is the key
ingredient and the critical driving force for being successful in
the funeral business. Enrolling in the mortuary science pro-
gram at the American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral
Service in New York has paved the way for her to study the
funeral business at a distance
from her home in Denver
and still maintain a home,
and a work life.
Ross chose the funeral in-
dustry because it’s her life
calling, she genuinely loves
helping families and serv-
ing the community in their
time of need. “Being in that
role during that moment,
can help a family during
their most difficult time in
life–would be a badge of
honor–that I would wear
proudly,” says Ross.
Donor: James E. Churchman Jr Funeral Home
For Dr. Edith Churchman, CFSP it all began in 1863
generations before her, with the birth of her great grandfa-
ther James E. Churchman when he decided to leave Vir-
ginia to make a move to New Jersey to further his goals
of establishing his own business and have a positive im-
pact on the lives of men and
women of color. Church-
man was a businessman,
minister, poet, author, and
social activist. However,
Rev Churchman’s greatest
accomplishment and lega-
cy, which has spanned over
100 years, was the establish-
ment of his funeral home
in 1899. He died in 1917
and the torch was passed
on to his wife and his son.
History reflects his son J.
E. Churchman, Sr, was a
charter member of the In-
dependent Funeral Directors
Association, a forerunner of the National Funeral Directors
and Morticians Association. J.E. Churchman’s son James
E. Churchman, Jr, decided to enter the profession after
serving in the United States Navy during World War II
and eventually opening a separate facility. He attended the
American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service.