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NFDA Pursuit of Excellence Award Recipients

NFDA congratulates the 2022 Pursuit of Excellence Award recipients: 

A Sacred Choice, Houston, Texas

A.J. Desmond & Son Funeral Directors, Troy, Michigan (A.J. Desmond & Sons – Rochester Road, Troy; A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors – Vasu, Rodgers & Connell Chapel, Royal Oak)

Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes, Inc., Cheshire, Connecticut (Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes, Inc., Waterbury; Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes, Inc., Naugatuck)

Ang Chin Moh Funeral Directors, Singapore 

Arlington Memorial Chapels, Inc., Quezon City, Philippines

Arnett and Steele Funeral Home, Inc., Pineville, Kentucky

Arrington Funeral Directors & Crematory, Jackson, Tennessee

Bailey Family Funeral Homes, Wallingford, Connecticut (Bailey Funeral Home, Plainville; Carpino and Bailey Funeral Home, Southbury; Waterbury Funeral Home, Waterbury)

Baird Funeral Home, Troy, Ohio

Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Homes, Hammond, Louisiana (Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home, Ponchatoula; Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home, Denham Springs)

Brunswick Memorial Funeral Home, East Brunswick, New Jersey (Mount Sinai Memorial Chapels, East Brunswick)

Capillas Señoriales Casa de Homenajes, Merida, Mexico

Carmon Community Funeral Homes, Windsor, Connecticut (Carmon Funeral Home & Family Center of Avon, Avon; Hayes-Huling & Carmon Funeral Home, Granby; Ladd-Turkington & Carmon Funeral Home, Vernon; Nicholson & Carmon Chapel, Suffield; Samsel & Carmon Funeral Home, South Windsor; South Green Memorial Home, Hartford)

Chambers and James Funeral, Pet and Cremation Services, LLC, Wellsburg, West Virginia (Chambers & James Funeral, Pet & Cremation Services, Follansbee)

Christopher Mitchell Funeral Homes, Inc., Albion, New York (Bates Wallace & Heath Funeral Home, Middleport; Christopher Mitchell Funeral Home, Inc., Holley; Kenneth H. Sherrie Funeral Home, Gasport; Sherrie Bream Funeral Home, Gasport)

Copeland Funeral Service, Inc., Beaufort, South Carolina

Cozean Memorial Chapel & Crematory, Farmington, Missouri

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

David C. Brown Funeral Home, Belleville, Michigan (Higgerson & Neal Funeral Home, Belleville)

Duksa Family Funeral Homes, Newington, Connecticut (Duksa Family Funeral Homes at Burritt Hill, New Britain)

Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Homes and Crematory, Canal Winchester, Ohio (Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Home, Inc., Pickerington)

Falco Caruso & Leonard Funeral Homes, Pennsauken, New Jersey (Falco Caruso & Leonard Funeral Home, Camden)

Finch & Finch Funeral & Cremation Service, Altavista, Virginia (Finch & Finch, Inc., Gladys)

Flanner Buchanan Funeral and Cremation Services, Indianapolis, Indiana (Flanner and Buchanan – Geist, Indianapolis; Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center Broad Ripple, Indianapolis; Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center Carmel, Carmel; Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center Decatur Township, Indianapolis; Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center Floral Park, Indianapolis; Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center Hamilton Memorial Park, Westfield; Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center Memorial Park, Indianapolis; Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Indianapolis; Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center Speedway, Indianapolis; Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center Washington Park East, Indianapolis; Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center Washington Park North, Indianapolis; Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center Zionsville, Zionsville)

Funeraria Del Hogar de Cristo Limitada, Independencia, Santiago, Chile (Funeraria Del Hogar de Cristo, Viña Del Mar; Funeraria del Hogar de Cristo, Concepcion; Funeraria del Hogar de Cristo, Temuco)

Funeraria San Vicente S.A., Medellin, Colombia

Funeraria y Camposanto Santa Ana, Cuenca, Ecuador

Funeza, Mexico City, Mexico (Funeza Azcapotzalo, Mexico City; Funeza C7 Nezahualcoytl, Nezahualcoyotl; Funeza La Raza, Mexico City; Funeza Los Reyes, Los Reyes Acaquilpan; Funeza Zaragoza, Mexico City)

G.H. Herrmann Funeral Homes, Indianapolis, Indiana (G.H. Herrmann Madison Ave Funeral Home, Indianapolis)

Gamble Funeral Service, Savannah, Georgia

Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, Lansing, Michigan (Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Homes, East Lansing; Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Homes, Mason; Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Homes, Williamston; Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Homes Dewitt Chapel, Dewitt; Tiffany Funeral Home, Lansing)

Granby's Funeral Service, Inc., Bronx, New York

Gunderson Funeral and Cremation Care, Madison, Wisconsin

Hantge-McBride Hughes Funeral Chapels, Hutchinson, Minnesota

Hazel Green Funeral Home, Hazel Green, Alabama

Heath Funeral Chapel & Crematory, Lakeland, Florida

Hightower Family Funeral Homes, Carrollton, GA (Hightower Funeral Home, Bremen; Hightower's Memorial Chapel, Douglasville)

Hill, Brown and Reigle Funeral Homes, Grand Blanc, Michigan (Brown Funeral Home Hill Road Chapel, Grand Blanc; Reigle Funeral Home/Sunset Chapel, Flushing)

Holman-Howe Funeral Homes, Lebanon, Missouri

Hughes Family Tribute Center, Dallas, Texas

J. García López Casa Prim, Mexico City, Mexico

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

Jennings-Calvey Funeral and Cremation Services, Inc., Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania (Scranton Area Cremation Care, Clarks Summit)

Johnston & Williams Funeral Home & Crematory, Ellensburg, Washington (Johnston & Williams Funeral Home, Cle Elum)

Jones & Son Funeral Home, Richton, Mississippi (Jones & Son Funeral Home, Beaumont; Jones & Son Funeral Home, Hattiesburg; Jones & Son Funeral Home, Moselle)

Jones-Wynn Funeral Homes & Crematory, Villa Rica, Georgia (Jones-Wynn Funeral Home & Crematory, Douglasville)

Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge, Minnesota (Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton)

Kemp Funeral Home and Cremation Services, LLC, Southfield, Michigan

Kerrville Funeral Home, Kerrville, Texas (Kimble Funeral Home, Junction; Krestridge Funeral Homes, Levelland)

Lakeshore Memorial Services, Holland, Michigan

Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., Hamburg, New York (Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., West Seneca)

Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home, Stamford, Connecticut (Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home, Greenwich; Spadaccino and Leo P Gallagher & Son Community Funeral Home, Monroe)

Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes, Athens, Georgia (Lord & Stephens – Madison Chapel, Danielsville; Lord & Stephens Funeral Home West, Watkinsville)

Macz Funeral Homes, Centralia, Illinois

Martin Funeral, Cremation & Tribute Services, Mt. Morris, Michigan (Detroit Cremation Society, Grand Blanc)

Memorial Funeral Home – Edinburg, Edinburg, Texas

Memorial Funeral Home – San Juan, San Juan, Texas

Memorial Vera Cruz, Passo Fundo, Brazil

Mercer-Adams Funeral Service, Bethany, Oklahoma

Miller-Carlin Funeral Homes, Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Milward Funeral Directors, Lexington, Kentucky (Milward Funeral & Cremation Service – Man O' War, Lexington; Milward Funeral Directors – Southland, Lexington)

Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Moments Funeral Home, Lucedale, Mississippi (Moments Funeral Home, Leakesville)

Morada da Paz, Parnamirim, Brazil

Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, Madison, Indiana (Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre – Hanover Chapel, Hanover)

Morris Family Services, Hartford, Kentucky (A.F. Crow & Son Funeral Home, Glasgow; Butler Funeral Home, Edmonton; Caneyville Memorial Chapel, Caneyville; Haley-McGinnis Funeral Home, Owensboro; Holders Funeral Home, Owensville; Gardner-Brockman Funeral Home, Vincennes; Goodwin Sievers-Vincennes Broadway, Vincennes; Goodwin-Sievers Washington, Washington; Watson & Hunt Funeral Directors, Leitchfield)

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

Morrissett Funeral & Cremation Service, North Chesterfield, Virginia

Myers Mortuary, Inc., Ogden, Utah (Myers Mortuary of Brigham City, Brigham City; Myers Mortuary of Layton, Layton; Myers Mortuary of Roy, Roy)

Nie Family Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan (Nie Family Funeral Home & Cremation Services – Liberty Chapel, Ann Arbor)

Oliverie Funeral Home, Manchester, New Jersey (Oliverie Funeral Home, Jackson)

Olson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Paradise Memorial Funeral and Cremation Services, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Patrick T Lanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Turtle Creek)

Pedersen Funeral & Cremation Service, Morris, Minnesota (Starbuck Funeral Home, Starbuck)

Pollock-Randall Funeral Home, Port Huron, Michigan (Karrer-Simpson Funeral Home, Port Huron; Marysville Funeral Home, Marysville)

Posey Funeral Directors, North Augusta, South Carolina

Pray Funeral Home, Inc., Charlotte, Michigan

Primaveras, Guarulhos, Brazil

Radney Funeral Home, Alexander City, Alabama (Langley Funeral Home, Camp Hill)

Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Homes, Coal City, Illinois (Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Homes, Morris; Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Homes, Gardner; Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Homes, Wilmington)

Return Home, Auburn, Washington

Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Traverse City, Michigan

Robinson Funeral Homes, Easley, South Carolina (Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home, Central; Robinson Funeral Home & Crematory – Powdersville Rd., Easley)

Roller Funeral Homes, Little Rock, Arkansas (Roller Burns Funeral Home, Yellville; Roller Funeral Home, Mountain Home; Roller Funeral Homes, Paris; Roller-Alcoa Funeral Home, Benton; Roller-Christeson Funeral Home, Harrison; Roller-Citizens Funeral Home, West Memphis; Roller-Citizens Funeral Home, West Helena; Roller-Coffman Funeral Home, Marshall; Roller-Coffman-Crouch Funeral Home, Mountain View; Roller-Cox Funeral Home, Clarksville; Roller-Crouch Funeral Home, Batesville; Roller-Daniel Funeral Home, Searcy; Roller-England Funeral Home, England; Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home, Jonesboro; Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Clinton; Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Conway;    Roller-Owens Funeral Home, North Little Rock; Roller-Swift Funeral Home, Osceola)

Señoriales Corporación de Servicio. Guatemala City, Guatemala

Shain Family Funeral Service, Hugo, Oklahoma (Affordable Cremation Service, Oklahoma City; Community Funeral Home, Guthrie; Cremation Care Plus, Tulsa; Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home, Durant; Rice Funeral Service, Claremore; Roden-Pryor Funeral Directors, Paris; Smith Funeral Home, Inc., Sapulpa)

Smith Family Funeral Homes, North Little Rock, Arkansas (Smith Little Rock Funeral Home, Little Rock; Smith Sherwood Funeral Home, Sherwood; Smith-Benton Funeral Home, Benton; Smith-Ruggles Wilcox Funeral Home, Arkadelphia; Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe)

Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes and Crematory, New Castle, Delaware (Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Home & Crematory, Delaware City; Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Home & Crematory, Newark; Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes & Crematory, Middletown)

St. Peter Chapels, Quezon City, Philippines

Tetrick Funeral Services, Johnson City, Tennessee (Oakley-Cook Funeral Home, Bristol)

Thomas McAfee Funeral Homes, Greenville, South Carolina (Thomas McAfee Funeral Home – Northwest Chapel, Greenville; Thomas McAfee Funeral Home Southeast Chapel, Simpsonville)

Twiford Funeral Home, LLC, Elizabeth City, North Carolina (Twiford Funeral Homes, LLC, Manteo)

Vila Memorial – Centro de Velório São José, Natal, Brazil

Waitt Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Morganville, New Jersey (Old Bridge Funeral Home, Old Bridge)

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

Weeks' Funeral Home, Buckley, Washington (Edline-Yahn & Covington Funeral Chapel, Kent; Weeks' Dryer Mortuary, Tacoma; Weeks' Enumclaw Funeral Home, Enumclaw)

Wm. Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, Royal Oak, Michigan (Wm Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, Utica)

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