Funeral Director/s: Wendy Harrington-Carroll and Mark Carroll. Many people in the area may know the couple from their previous funeral business in Edmonton, where they served the community for decades, until serious health issues with a close family member meant that they needed to focus on supporting their relative – Read more [...]
Evelyn’s Funerals
Amanda Pink. Or occasionally her husband Adrian. Amanda took over Evelyn’s Funerals after the founder, Evelyn Temple, decided to take a backseat and concentrate on celebrancy. Evelyn had worked alongside Amanda and Adrian from Town and Country Funerals Ltd for some time, utilising their mortuary space when needed, so handing Read more [...]
J Brown Funeral Services
Jason Brown – the man himself. This is Jason’s business, created in 2017, some 25 years after he first began work for his former father-in-law in his family funeral directing business in Middlesex. Step in through the door of the small, smart premises in Woodside Road, and it will be Read more [...]
Jerrams Brothers Funeral Directors Ltd
Funeral Director/s: Nicholas Tonks. Managing director, owner and lead funeral director, Nicholas took over the business when the previous owner decided to retire and sell in 1999 (Nicholas was managing the company at that time) and he takes the responsibility for protecting the principles and values of this long-established funeral Read more [...]
John Weir
The business is owned by John Weir, who runs it with his wife Beverley. John has been a funeral director for 47 years (having served an apprenticeship as a young man) and he embodies the passion and dedication of someone who lives and breathes their work. “It’s not a job, Read more [...]
Sussex Funeral Services Ltd
Sussex Funeral Services is owned and managed by Philip Evans and his wife Sallie. Philip is what you might call one of the new wave of funeral directors who has come to this work motivated by a strong vocation. He does not feel bound by tradition and habit, but has Read more [...]
A J Brooke Funeral Directors
Funeral Director/s: Gemma Pacitto. Gemma’s not just the funeral director at A J Brooke, she’s the founder and owner of the company and the person who does everything, from meeting families and helping them make arrangements for the funeral, washing and dressing the people in her care (every single one Read more [...]
Holmes & Family Ltd.
Oliver and Toby Holmes. Sons of David Holmes (who founded the company and who attends 99% of funerals as a driver / bearer), Ollie and Toby are quite extraordinarily lovely young men. We met Toby only briefly, as he was busy with the business of the day, but spent quite Read more [...]
Dandelion Farewells
Judith Dandy Dip FS, LMBIFD. Winner of the Most Promising New Funeral Director category in the 2016 Good Funeral Awards, Judith has become one of the most highly respected of the new breed of artisan funeral professionals in just three years since she first began researching the world of funerals. Dandelion Farewells Read more [...]
Town and Country Funeral Directors Ltd
Adrian Pink. Or occasionally his wife Amanda. Adrian became a funeral director by chance some 30 years ago in his hometown of Cambridge, and he has spent those three decades soaking up every aspect of funeral directing. He has worked for small co-operative funeral directors and large funeral directing chains; Read more [...]
Churchfield Funeralcare
Funeral Director/s: Duncan Satterly – well known in the local area, Duncan and his wife Sandra own and run this business, in the best tradition of family owned and run funeral directors. They are ably supported by a very small team of staff, so there is a very personal feeling Read more [...]
Holmes & Family Ltd.
Oliver and Toby Holmes. Sons of David Holmes (who founded the company and who attends 99% of funerals as a driver / bearer), Ollie and Toby are quite extraordinarily lovely young men. We met Toby only briefly, as he was busy with the business of the day, but spent quite Read more [...]
Opals Funerals Ltd.
Funeral Director/s: Frances Alcock. Frances worked as a nurse in the NHS for over 30 years in various roles; in the community as a District Nursing Sister, as a Nurse Practitioner, a Multiple Sclerosis Specialist Nurse and in Oncology. With a BSC in Health Studies, it is clear she explored Read more [...]
A. H. Cheater Ltd
Simon Peace and his son Michael are at the heart of this family business, ably helped by a small and loyal team of staff. The Peace family came to Romsey in 1966, when Simon was just five years old. His father Peter moved the family into the house at 122, Read more [...]
Arthur C Towner Ltd
Edward Towner, Dip FD. Fifth generation. The business was started by his great-great grandfather in 1875. Masses of heritage here, but absolutely none of the nothing-to-learn attitude which besets many such family affairs. Those vocational impulses Edward experienced when he was a teenager all guided him away from the family Read more [...]
Sullivan and Son Independent Funeral Service
The business is owned by Paul Sullivan, Dip FD,who started in the funeral industry in 1992 when he was aged 19. He’s assisted by his brother Alex, who looks after the office management and funeral director Julie Fraser-Reid Dip FD, with Colin Meades as senior chauffeur / bearer and Alan Read more [...]
Arthur C Towner Ltd
Edward Towner, Dip FD. Fifth generation. The business was started by his great-great grandfather in 1875. Masses of heritage here, but absolutely none of the nothing-to-learn attitude which besets many such family affairs. Those vocational impulses Edward experienced when he was a teenager all guided him away from the family Read more [...]
Bright-Hill Funerals
Nikki Hill. Warm, friendly and completely un-funereal, Nikki is the creator and owner of Bright-Hill Funerals, and it is Nikki who will answer your phone call, meet with you and your family and help you to create an affordable, meaningful funeral for the person who has died. Nikki was born Read more [...]
John Weir
The business is owned by John Weir, who runs it with his wife Beverley. John has been a funeral director for 47 years (having served an apprenticeship as a young man) and he embodies the passion and dedication of someone who lives and breathes their work. “It’s not a job, Read more [...]
Coulbert Family Funerals
Winner of the 2016 Low Cost Funeral Provider of the Year in the 2016 Good Funeral Awards for Coulbert Family Funerals, and joint runner up in the Modern Funeral Director of the Year 2016 category with her main business, The Individual Funeral Company, Lucy is a one woman powerhouse on Read more [...]
