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NOVEMBER 2014
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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The Look of Donation –
The Gift of Funeral Service Education Donors 2014
Each year a very giving and supportive group of funeral professionals receive mail from the 100 Black Women of Funeral Service asking for their support to help students who are in need and nearing
the completion of their funeral service education. More than one third of these funeral service heroes and corporate sponsors have been helping students financially for more than 20 years.
Others have come on board in the last decade because they know the importance of lending a helping hand.
We applaud all of them. So often all that is needed is a little help to get over that hurdle. The 100BWFS cannot begin to thank these special donors.
Through memorial scholarship donations honored family members live on…not only in their family and firms, but also in the lives of the funeral service students they help. Their loved ones are connected
to funeral service, not only in their former lives, but in the days long after they have left this earth.
“They were role models, leaders, mentors. They were community leaders and politically correct in all they gave. They cared about the funeral service career and wanted to make sure that our profession
gets the best of the best. Students who are dedicated and committed,” states 100BWFS President Dottie F. Hector, CFSP-CPC.
“When each student is interviewed the scholarship awards committee looks for these values as well as others like patience, a desire to serve, humility, compassion, honesty, being goal oriented,
having pride in their chosen profession and a great work ethic alongside the wisdom to understand other’s feelings at a time of need.”
The 100 BWFS honors our 2014 Memorial Scholarship Donors and their loved ones who are making a difference in our funeral profession year after year.
New donors for 2014
Sandra Clark, Sandra Clark Funeral Home, Dallas, TX honoring her late mother, Albertha Ballard-Lewing
Alex Pope, III, Pope Funeral Homes, Washington, DC/MD, honoring his father and mother Alex Pope, Jr. and Sandra Pope
Jessie Tuttle, Ross Mortuary, Houston, TX, in memory of Geraldine Cunningham
JC “Skeepie” Scarborough, II, Hargett-Scarborough Funeral Home, Durham, NC honoring the memory of his grandfather JC Scarborough, Sr. and his father JC Scarborough, Jr.
Charles Jones, Jones Mortuary, East Palo Alto, CA honoring the memory of his brother, Joseph Jones
Lady Madonna, Madonna Multinational Home for Funerals, Passaic, NJ in memory of her loved one Myrtle Hines
Scholarship donations from this year’s 2014 Academy Awards of Funeral Service Texas Honorees
Christia Bobb (former scholarship student) of Paradise Funeral Home, Houston, TX
Patsy Moreno and President Jason Altieri of Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service, Houston, TX
Dallas Institute President James Shumake and Texas Honoree Terry Locke Parrish, Dallas, TX
Evelyn E. Syrie of Lafayette, LA
A very special surprise 2014 donation was made by Nancy Barber, former owner of the Pierce Companies and daughter of the late William Pierce founder of the Pierce Colleges, Dallas, TX
Our Corporate Scholarships are from two great Funeral Industry giants who have been
partners for all 22 years with the 100BWFS Organization
Peggy Rouzzo and Kim Graham of Nomis Publications, Inc., Youngstown, OH
Batesville Casket Company of Batesville, IN corporate offices
West Coast Batesville whose donation annually honors the memory of the late NFDMA President James Winston, founder of the House of Winston Mortuary, Los Angeles, CA and it’s co-founder,
Mary Louise Winston who recently retired part-time and who serves as the Chairman of the 100BWFS
Memorial Donors who year after year commit to funeral service education
Lisa Williams, Renata Boston and Mignon Davis of Williams Funeral Homes, Augusta and Hepzibah, GA and their late parents-founders, Benjamin A. and Mildred A Williams
Chedonna Trimble, president of Donald Trimble Mortuary of Decatur, GA and her late uncle the great Donald Trimble
Victor and A. Lola March of March Funeral Homes of DC, VA and Maryland and their late mother- funeral legend J. Roberta March
Gladys E. Wallace, co-founder of Wallace-Broadview Funeral Home, Broadview, IL and her late husband Vernon L. Wallace, a 2012 Living Legend of Funeral Service Honoree
Mary Louise Winston of House of Winston, Los Angeles, CA remembers her late husband and daughter, James Winston and Felicia Winston
Linn Ann Jones Griffin of Strong-Jones Funeral Home, Tallahassee, FL reflects on the great role models in her life, her parents Elbert and Inez Jones
Lottie K. Weldon, founding member of the 100BWFS keeps the memory of her late husband George H. Weldon, Sr. of George Weldon Funeral Home, New York alive
100BWFS President Dottie Hector recognizes her friend and former co-founder who believed in supporting the goals of funeral service, the late Elizabeth L. Phillips of Phillips Funeral Home, Baltimore, MD
with a scholarship yearly as a small gesture of appreciating and promoting education and supporting those striving for licensure after graduation. Education can be the vital missing link to success!
Also making donations are some great legendary firms who want funeral service to continue to be
the great profession established by their founding fathers
Karla Cole Green, president of James H. Cole Home for Funerals with 3 locations in Detroit, has a great legacy in her late grandfather and father- James H. Cole, Sr. and
James H. Cole, Jr. with more than 90+ years in the industry
Pamela C. Rayner, President of A.A. Rayner Funeral Homes of Chicago whose grandfather and father, the late AA Rayner, Sr. and AA Rayner, Jr., have the distinguished legacy of being members
of the founding group of Epsilon Nu Delta Mortuary Fraternity
Stacye Stewart, President of Stewart Funeral Home, Washington, DC has a great foundation of giving back. From her late grandfather John Stewart Sr., founder, and her distinguished grandmother
and co- founder, along with her father, John Stewart, Jr. who recently passed, this 100+ year old firm has a great legacy of community service and values
We congratulate these firms for being mentors and role models to others in the community
and supporting funeral service education
M. Athalie Range Leadership Award presented through N. Patrick Range, president of Range Funeral Homes, Miami, FL honoring his mother, the late-great M. Athalie Range
Janice Matthews and Robert Dorsey of Dorsey-Keatts Funeral Home with six locations in Waco, TX honor founding 100BWFS member, the late A. Fay (Mama Kitty) Dorsey
Living Legend Aloysia Fouche of the 90 year old Fouche’s Hudson Funeral Home, Oakland, CA honoring her late husband Aramis Fouche
Hugh Winstead and Jasper Crenshaw, with one of the country’s oldest woman-founded funeral homes, G.C. Williams Funeral Home of Louisville, honor the memory of Goldie Beckett
and her brother the late Calvin Winstead who were early leaders at NFDMA funeral service conventions
To all of our donors - we sincerely say Thank You!
The 100 BWFS asks you to visit other colleagues and encourage their involvement in funeral service donations and memorial scholarships.
You are making a difference in the lives of students in need.
Memorial Scholarships keep the memory alive and develop relationships for students to learn about those who recognize their achievements and give them the understanding
that when they reach the pinnacle of success in this profession that they must give back to help others.
We appreciate and we are so proud of your efforts year after year. You are the difference maker between success and failure.
ail Hundredbwfs@aol.com regarding Scholarships or membership to the 100 Black Women of Funeral Service Organization.
ization for minority women who have chosen funeral service as a career around the world!