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NFDA Hall of Excellence

Pursuit of Excellence Honorees
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NFDA Hall of Excellence

NFDA congratulates the 2024 Hall of Excellence inductees:

Bayliff & Son Funeral Home, Cridersville, Ohio

Hightower Family Funeral Homes, Carrollton, Georgia; Hightower Family Funeral Homes, Bremen, Georgia; Hightower Family Funeral Homes, Douglasville, Georgia

Hughes Family Tribute Center, Dallas, Texas

James Funeral Home & Northlake Memorial Gardens, Huntersville, North Carolina

Jones and Son Funeral Home, Richton, Mississippi; Jones and Son Funeral Home, Beaumont, Mississippi; Jones and Son Funeral Home, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Jones and Son Funeral Home, Moselle, Mississippi

Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Johnson City, Tennessee

Smith Family Funeral Homes, North Little Rock, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Glenwood, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Little Rock, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Sherwood, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Benton, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Arkadelphia, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Beebe, Arkansas

Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes and Crematory, New Castle, Delaware; Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes and Crematory, Delaware City, Delaware; Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes and Crematory, Newark, Delaware; Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes and Crematory, Middletown, Delaware

Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary, Salt Lake City, Utah; Valley View Memorial Park and Funeral Home, West Valley City, Utah; Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park South Valley, Riverton, Utah

Congratulations to those funeral homes that are celebrating a Pursuit of Excellence participation milestone in 2024:

  • 20 Awards
    • Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Homes and Crematory, Canal Winchester, Ohio; Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Homes and Crematory, Pickerington, Ohio
  • 25 Awards
    • Hantge-McBride-Hughes Funeral Chapels, Hutchinson, Minnesota
  • 35 Awards
    • Pray Funeral Home, Inc., Charlotte, Michigan

National Funeral Directors Association Hall of Excellence Inductees

* Indicates funeral home is not a current member of NFDA.

Adair Funeral Home, Tucson, AZ

A.H. Peters Funeral Home of Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 

A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Troy, MI 

Alexander & Royalty Funeral Home, Inc., Harrodsburg, KY 

A.L. Moore/Grimshaw Mortuary, Phoenix, AZ*

Anderson & Sons, Inc., American Fork, UT

Arlington Memorial Chapels, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines 

Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Inc., Pineville, KY 

Arrington Funeral Directors, Jackson, Tennessee 

Aspen Mortuaries, Lakewood, CO 

A.S. Turner & Sons Funeral Directors, Decatur, GA 

Bailey Funeral Home, Plainville, CT 

Baird Funeral Home, Troy, OH 

Ballard-Durand Funeral & Cremation Services, White Plains, NY 

Bartolomeo & Perotto Funeral Home Inc., Rochester, NY 

Bayliff & Son Funeral Home, Cridersville, Ohio

Berardinelli Family Funeral Service, Santa Fe, NM 

Branch Funeral Home, Smithtown, NY 

Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home, Hammond, LA, and Company 

Brashears Funeral Home, Inc., Huntsville, AR 

Braun-Everiss-Wagley Funeral Home Adrian, MI *

Bring Funeral Home, Inc., Tuscon, AZ *

Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick, New Jersey 

Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home, Inc., Covington, GA 

Cannon Cleveland Funeral Directors, McDonough, GA 

Carlson Colonial Funeral Home, El Dorado, KS 

Carlson Funeral Service, Inc., Rhinelander, WI 

Carmon Community Funeral Homes, Windsor, CT, and Company 

Caruth-Hale Funeral Home, Hot Springs, AR 

Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral & Cremation Service, Alliance, OH 

Cobb Funeral Home, Blytheville, AR *

Copeland Funeral Service, Beaufort, SC

Cozean Memorial Chapel & Crematory, Farmington, MO 

Cozine Memorial Group, Wichita, KS 

C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors, Danvers, Massachusetts 

Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, Newport, VT 

David C. Brown Funeral Home, Belleville, MI 

Davis Funeral Home, Nashua, NH 

DeCarbo Funeral Home, New Castle, PA 

Deiters Funeral Home and Crematory, Washington, IL 

DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home, Columbia City, IN 

D'Esopo East Hartford Memorial Chapel, East Hartford, CT 

D'Esopo Funeral Chapel, Wethersfield, CT 

Dobratz-Hantge Chapel, Hutchinson, MN, and Company 

Dodd & Reed Funeral Home, Webster Springs, WV 

Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Conover, NC 

Ducro Funeral Services & Crematory, Ashtabula, OH 

Duksa Family Funeral Homes at Newington Memorial, Newington, CT, and Company 

Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Home, Canal Winchester, OH, and Company 

E. Blake Collins Funeral Home, Wilkes Barre, PA 

Eggers Funeral Home & Crematory, Chesnee, SC 

Emmanuel Johnson Funeral Home, Philadelphia, PA 

Evergreen Mortuary, Cemetery & Crematory, Tucson, AZ 

Falco, Caruso & Leonard Funeral Home, Pennsauken, New Jersey 

Feeney Funeral Home, Ridgewood, NJ 

Fellows-Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Easton, MD 

French Funeral Homes, Brazil, IN 

French Mortuary, Albuquerque, NM 

Funeraria San Vicente S.A., Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia 

Gamble Funeral Service, Inc., Savannah, GA 

Gardinier Funeral Home, Inc., Franklin, PA 

Garnand Funeral Home, Inc., Garden City, KS 

Garnand Funeral Home, Inc., Ulysses, KS 

Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home, Muscatine, IA 

Glende-Nilson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Fergus Falls, MN 

Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Homes, Lansing, MI, and Company 

Gunderson Funeral Home, Madison, WI 

Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, Fargo, ND 

Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary, Kaneohe, HI 

Heath Funeral Chapel & Crematory, Lakeland, Florida 

Henderson Funeral Home, Pekin, IL 

Heritage Funeral Home, Nipawin, SK, Canada  

Heritage Funeral Home & Crematory, Spokane, WA 

Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Youngstown, OH 

Highlands Family Owned Funeral Home, Inc., Louisville, KY 

Hightower Family Funeral Homes, Carrollton, Georgia; Hightower Family Funeral Homes, Bremen, Georgia; Hightower Family Funeral Homes, Douglasville, Georgia

Hirsch's West End Chapel, Chicago Heights, IL *

Holman-Howe Funeral Home, Lebanon, MO 

Hooper-Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Cookeville, TN 

Howard K. Hill Funeral Services, New Haven, CT, and Company 

Hughes Family Tribute Center, Dallas, Texas

Humphrey Funeral Service, Inc., Russellville, AR 

Hunt-Stellato Funeral Home, Fort Lee, NJ 

Ippolito-Stellato Funeral Home, Fairfield, NJ 

Ippolito-Stellato Funeral Home, Lyndhurst, NJ 

J. J. Duffy Funeral Home, Cumberland, RI 

James Funeral Home & Northlake Memorial Gardens, Huntersville, North Carolina

Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home, Litchfield, MN 

Jones and Son Funeral Home, Richton, Mississippi; Jones and Son Funeral Home, Beaumont, Mississippi; Jones and Son Funeral Home, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Jones and Son Funeral Home, Moselle, Mississippi

Jones-Wynn Funeral Homes & Crematory, Villa Rica, GA , and Company 

Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge, MN 

Karrer-Simpson Funeral Home, Port Huron, Michigan, and Company 

Kaul Funeral Home, Clinton Township, MI 

Kaul Funeral Home, Saint Clair Shores, MI 

Kerrville Funeral Home, Kerrville, TX, and Company 

Kilpatrick Funeral Homes, West Monroe, LA 

Kingston & Kemp Funeral Home, Inc., Hamilton, NJ 

Kirby-Morris Funeral Home, El Dorado, KS 

K. L. Brown Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Jacksonville, AL 

Kuhler Funeral Home, Huron, SD 

Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., Hamburg, New York, and Company 

Lawrence T. Miller Funeral Home, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 

Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, Iowa City, IA 

Lentz Funeral Home, Algona, IA 

Linnemann Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Center, Erlanger, KY 

Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, Athens, Georgia, and Company 

Lunning Chapel, Inc., Burlington, IA 

Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors, Clawson, MI 

Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors, Milford, MI 

Martin Funeral Cremation & Tribute Services - Mt. Morris, Mount Morris, MI, and Company 

Mattson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Forest Lake, MN 

Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory, Saint Joseph, MO 

Mercer-Adams Funeral Service, Bethany, Oklahoma 

Memorial Funeral Home - Edinburg, Edinburg, TX 

Memorial Funeral Home, San Juan, TX 

Mesa View Mortuary Cemetery, Delta, CO 

Miller-Jones Mortuary & Crematory, Inc., Hemet, CA 

Milward Funeral Directors, Lexington, KY, and Company 

Moloney Funeral Home, Central Islip, NY *

Moore Funeral Home, Brazil, IN 

Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, Madison, Indiana (Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, Hannover, IN) 

Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Johnson City, Tennessee

Morrissett Funeral & Cremation Service, North Chesterfield, Virginia 

Murray Memorial Mortuary, Salt Lake City, UT

Myers Mortuary, Ogden, UT, and Company 

Nardolillo Funeral Home, Inc., Cranston, RI 

Needham-Storey-Wampner, North Chapel, Marion, IN 

Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare, Winterset, IA 

O'Guinn Family Funeral Homes, Clio, MI 

Olinger Chapel Hill Mortuary & Cemetery, Littleton, CO 

Oliverie Funeral Homes, Manchester, New Jersey 

Olson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Sheboygan, WI 

Opsahl-Kostel Fuenral Home & Crematory, Yankton, SD 

Orion C. Pinkerton Funeral Home, Pittsburgh, PA *

Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home, East Pittsburgh, PA, and Company 

Pedersen Funeral Home, Morris, MN 

Pixley Funeral Home, Rochester, MI, and Company 

Pollock-Randall Funeral Home, Port Huron, MI 

Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte, MI 

Preston-Hanley Funeral Homes & Crematory, L.L.C., Pekin, IL 

Proko Funeral Home, Kenosha, WI 

Quinn-Fogarty Funeral Home, Flushing, NY 

Radney Funeral Home, Alexander City, Alabama, and Company 

Ransford Collon Funeral Home, Caro, MI 

Reeves Funeral Homes, Ltd., Coal City, IL, and company 

Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Traverse City, MI 

Robertaccio Funeral Home, Inc., Patchogue, NY 

Roller Funeral Home, Mountain Home, Mountain Home, AR, and Company 

Routsong Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Kettering, OH 

Sanderson Funeral Home, Carthage, TN 

Savage-DeMarco Funeral Service, Endicott, NY 

Schoedinger & Company, Columbus, OH 

Schrader Funeral Home, Crematory & Family Center, Ballwin, MO 

Sevier Funeral Home, Chickasha, OK 

Sharer-Stirling-Skivolocke Funeral Home, Alliance, OH 

Shaughnessey Banks Funeral Home, Fairfield, CT 

Smith Family Funeral Homes, North Little Rock, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Glenwood, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Little Rock, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Sherwood, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Benton, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Arkadelphia, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Beebe, Arkansas

Smith Funeral & Cremation Service, Maryville, TN

Smith-McCracken Funeral Home, Newton, NJ 

Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes and Crematory, New Castle, Delaware; Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes and Crematory, Delaware City, Delaware; Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes and Crematory, Newark, Delaware; Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes and Crematory, Middletown, Delaware

Spencer Family Funeral Home, Athens, MI

Staab-Polk Memorial Home and Cremation Services of Central Illinois, Chatham, IL 

St. Peter Chapels, Quezon City, Philippines, and Company 

Strode Funeral Home, Inc., Stillwater, OK 

Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, TN 

Thomas McAfee Funeral Homes - Downtown, Greenville, SC, and Company 

Thomas M. Quinn & Sons, Inc., Long Island City, NY *

Toland-Herzig Funeral Homes & Crematory, Dover, OH 

Twiford Funeral Homes, LLC, Elizabeth City, NC 

Waitt Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Morganville, NJ, and Company 

Waller Funeral Home, Oxford, MS 

Wappner Funeral Directors & Crematory, Mansfield, OH 

Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary, Salt Lake City, Utah; Valley View Memorial Park and Funeral Home, West Valley City, Utah; Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park South Valley, Riverton, Utah

Watkins Brothers Funeral Homes and Company, Ososso, Michigan 

Weeks' Funeral Home, Buckley, WA, and Company 

Whitaker Funeral Home, Inc., Newberry, SC 

Wieting Family Funeral Home, Chilton, Wisconsin 

William G. Neal Funeral Homes, Washington, PA 

Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home, Newton, NC 

Wm. Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, Royal Oak, MI and company 

Wonderly Horvath Hanes Funeral Home and Crematory, Fremont, OH 

Worlein Funeral Home, Austin, MN 

Pursuit of Excellence Honorees
  • Pursuit of Excellence Award
  • NFDA Hall of Excellence
  • Richard Myers Pinnacle Award
  • Best of the Best Award
  • Honorable Mention

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