Certificate of Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
As part of the entry process, all program participants are required to submit an essay describing the development and execution of a program or service that had a positive impact on those served. Funeral homes that develop a program or service that is exceptionally well-executed and yielded positive results will receive a Certificate of Honorable Mention from the Pursuit of Excellence Task Force.
2025 Honorable Mention
Arrington Funeral Directors & Crematory, Jackson, Tennessee
Cemitério e Crematório Parque das Allamandas, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Funeza Zaragoza, Mexico City, Mexico; Funeza Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico; Funeza Vallejo, Mexico City, Mexico; Funeza Calle 7, Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico; Funeza Los Reyes, Los Reyes La Paz, Mexico; Funeza Periférico, Mexico City, Mexico; Funeza Ecatepec, Ecatepec, Mexico
John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home & Crematory, Salem, Virginia
Jones-Wynn Funeral Homes & Crematory, Villa Rica, Georgia; Jones-Wynn Funeral Homes & Crematory. Douglasville, Georgia
Morada da Paz, Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Pray Funeral Home, Inc., Charlotte, Michigan
Waitt Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Morganville, New Jersey; Old Bridge Funeral Home, Old Bridge, New Jersey; Silverton Memorial Funeral Home, Toms River, New Jersey
2024 Honorable Mention
A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Troy, Michigan; A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Troy, Michigan; A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Royal Oak, Michigan
Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes, Inc., Cheshire, Connecticut; Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes, Inc., Waterbury, Connecticut; Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes, Inc., Naugatuck, Connecticut
Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick, New Jersey; Mount Sinai Memorial Chapels, East Brunswick, New Jersey
C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors, Danvers, Massachusetts
Funeraria Jaramillo, Loja, Ecuador
Funeza Servicios Funerarios, Mexico City, Mexico; Funeza Azcapotzalo, Mexico City, Mexico; Funeza C7 Nezahualcoytl, Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico; Funeza La Raza, Mexico City, Mexico; Funeza Los Reyes, Los Reyes Acaquilpan, Mexico; Funeza Zaragoza, Mexico City, Mexico
Jardim da Saudade Assistência LTDA, Curitiba, Brazil
Jennings-Calvey Funeral & Cremation Services, Inc, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania; Scranton Area Cremation Care, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
Morada da Paz, Parnamirim, Brazil
Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Johnson City, Tennessee
Myers Mortuary – Ogden, Ogden, Utah; Myers Mortuary – Layton, Layton, Utah; Myers Mortuary – Brigham City, Brigham City, Utah; Myers Mortuary – Roy, Roy, Utah
Posey Funeral Directors, North Augusta, South Carolina
2024 Honorable Mention
A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Troy, Michigan; A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Troy, Michigan; A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Royal Oak, Michigan
Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes, Inc., Cheshire, Connecticut; Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes, Inc., Waterbury, Connecticut; Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes, Inc., Naugatuck, Connecticut
Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick, New Jersey; Mount Sinai Memorial Chapels, East Brunswick, New Jersey
C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors, Danvers, Massachusetts
Funeraria Jaramillo, Loja, Ecuador
Funeza Servicios Funerarios, Mexico City, Mexico; Funeza Azcapotzalo, Mexico City, Mexico; Funeza C7 Nezahualcoytl, Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico; Funeza La Raza, Mexico City, Mexico; Funeza Los Reyes, Los Reyes Acaquilpan, Mexico; Funeza Zaragoza, Mexico City, Mexico
Jardim da Saudade Assistência LTDA, Curitiba, Brazil
Jennings-Calvey Funeral & Cremation Services, Inc, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania; Scranton Area Cremation Care, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
Morada da Paz, Parnamirim, Brazil
Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Johnson City, Tennessee
Myers Mortuary – Ogden, Ogden, Utah; Myers Mortuary – Layton, Layton, Utah; Myers Mortuary – Brigham City, Brigham City, Utah; Myers Mortuary – Roy, Roy, Utah
Posey Funeral Directors, North Augusta, South Carolina
2023 Honorable Mention
A Sacred Choice, Houston, Texas
A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Troy, Michigan (A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Vasu, Rogers & Connell, Troy, MI; A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Price Chapel, Troy, MI)
Bradbury Memorial Center, Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home, Hammond, Louisiana (Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home, Denham Springs, LA; Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home, Ponchtoula, LA)
Capillas Señoriales Casa de Homenajes, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Duksa Family Funeral Homes at Newington Memorial, Newington, Connecticut (Duksa Family Funeral Homes at Burritt Hill, Burritt Hill, CT)
J. Garcia Lopez Casa Prim, Mexico City, Mexico
Jefferson Memorial Cemetery, Funeral Home, Crematory & Arboretum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jennings-Calvey Funeral and Cremation Services, Inc., Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania (Scranton Area Cremation Care, Scranton, PA)
Life Celebrations Group – Radney Funeral Home, Alexander City, Alabama (Langley Funeral Home, Camp Hill, AL)
Lord and Stephens Funeral Homes, Athens, Georgia (Lord and Stephens Funeral Homes, Watkinsville, GA; Lord and Stephens Funeral Homes, Danielsville, GA)
Memorial Parque Das Cerejeiras, São Paulo, Brazil
Mercer-Adams Funeral Service, Bethany, Oklahoma
Morada da Paz. Parnamirim, RN, Brazil
Myers Mortuary, Ogden, Utah (Myers Mortuary, Roy, UT; Myers Mortuary, Layton, UT; Myers Mortuary, Brigham City, UT)
Nie Family Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. – Carpenter Chapel, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Nie Family Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. – Liberty Chapel, Ann Arbor, MI)
Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Manchester, New Hampshire (Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Boscawen, NH; Pillsbury Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Littleton, NH)
Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory, Coal City, Illinois (Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory, Gardner, IL; Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory, Morris, IL; Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory, Wilmington, IL)
Robinson Funeral Home & Crematory-Downtown, Easley, South Carolina (Robinson Funeral Home & Crematory-Powdersville Road, Easley, SC; Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home & Cremations, Central Clemson Commons, Central, SC)
Roller Funeral Homes (Roller-Chenal Funeral Home), Little Rock, Arkansas (Roller-Drummond Funeral Home, Little Rock, AR; Roller-Owens Funeral Home, N. Little Rock, AR; Roller-England Funeral Home, England, AR; Roller-Citizens Funeral Home, West Memphis, AR; Roller-Swift Funeral Home, Osceola, AR; Roller-Citizens Funeral Home, West Helena, AR; Roller-Citizens Funeral Home, Marianna, AR; Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Conway, AR; Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Greenbriar, AR; Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Greenbriar, AR; Roller-Burns Funeral Home, Yellville, AR; Roller-Christeson Funeral Home, Harrison, AR; Roller Funeral Home, Mountain Home, AR; Roller-Crouch Funeral Home, Batesville, AR; Roller-Coffman Funeral Home, Marshall, AR; Roller-Coffman Funeral Home, Mountain View, AR: Roller-Crouch Funeral Home, Mountain View, AR; Roller-Daniel Funeral Home, Searcy, AR; Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home, Jonesboro, AR)
Smith Family Funeral Homes, North Little Rock, Arkansas (Smith Family Funeral Homes, Benton, AR; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Glenwood, AR; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Hot Springs, AR; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Little Rock, AR; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Sherwood, AR; Smith Family Funeral Homes – Westbrook, Beebe, AR; Ruggles-Wilcox Funeral Home, Arkadelphia, AR)
Soxman Funeral Homes, Ltd., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sproles Family Funeral Home, New Castle, IN
Tetrick Funeral Services, Johnston City, Tennessee (Oakley-Cook Funeral Home & Crematory, Bristol, TN)
Vila Memorial – Centro de Velório São José, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Watson Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory, Galesburg, Illinois
2022 Honorable Mention
Arnett and Steele Funeral Home, Inc., Pineville, Kentucky
Arrington Funeral Directors & Crematory, Jackson, Tennessee
Bailey Family Funeral Homes and Company, Wallingford, Connecticut
Chambers and James Funeral, Pet and Cremation Services, LLC, and Company, Wellsburg, West Virginia
Christopher Mitchell Funeral Homes, Inc., and Company, Albion, New York
Copeland Funeral Service, Inc., Beaufort, South Carolina
Cozean Memorial Chapel & Crematory, Farmington, Missouri
Hughes Family Tribute Center, Dallas, Texas
Jones-Wynn Funeral Homes & Crematory, and Company, Villa Rica, Georgia
Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Johnson City, Tennessee
Oliverie Funeral Home and Company, Manchester, New Jersey
Posey Funeral Directors, North Augusta, South Carolina
Pray Funeral Home, Inc., Charlotte, Michigan
Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Homes and Company, Coal City, Illinois
Smith Family Funeral Homes and Company, North Little Rock, Arkansas
Twiford Funeral Home, LLC, and Company, Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Weeks’ Funeral Home, and Company, Buckley, Washington
2021 Honorable Mention
Anderson Funeral Home and Crematory, Alexandria Minnesota, and Company
Arlington Memorial Chapels, Inc., Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
A Sacred Choice, Houston, Texas
Capillas Señoriales Casa de Homenajes, Merida, Yucatán, Mexico, and Company
Feeney Funeral Home, Ridgewood, New Jersey
Gardinier Funeral Home, Inc., Franklin, Pennsylvania
Jennings-Calvey Funeral and Cremation Services, Inc., Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, and Company
Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., Hamburg, New York, and Company
Reeves and Baskerville Funeral Homes, Coal City, Illinois, and Company
Señoriales Corporacion de Servicio, Guatemala City, Guatemala, and Company
St. Peter Chapels, Quezon City, Philippines, and Company
Thomas McAfee Funeral Home – Downtown, Greenville, South Carolina, and Company
2019 Honorable Mentions
A.H. Peters Funeral Home, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Anderson Funeral Home, Alexandria, MN
Arlington Memorial Chapels, Inc., Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick, NJ
Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home, Covington, GA
Funeraria San Vicente, Medellin, Colombia
Gunderson Funeral and Cremation Care, Madison, WI
Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., Hamburg, NY
Macz Funeral Home, Centralia, IL
Morada da Paz, Paulista, PE, Brazil
Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, Madison, IN
Myers Mortuary – Ogden, Ogden, UT
Oakey’s Funeral Service & Crematory – South Chapel, Roanoke, VA
Old Bridge Funeral Home, Old Bridge, NJ
Oliverie Funeral Home, Manchester, NJ
Radney Funeral Home, Alexander City, AL
Watson-Thomas Funeral Home, Galesburg, IL
Weeks’ Dryer Mortuary, Tacoma, WA
