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Inside this Issue:
Member Profile on
Roy A. Green
Member Benefits Added
Funeral Home Spotlight
on Currie Funeral Home
Virginia Night in
Chicago Highlights
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IN REMEMBRANCE
June 17, 2011 – October 20, 2011
Laura King Harman-Seagle
July 15, 2011, Blue Ridge Funeral Director’s Association
David K. Wiecking
July 22, 2011, Central Virginia Funeral Director’s Association
N. Piper Belvin
August 2, 2011, Tidewater Funeral Director’s Association
Morris James “Dinks” Avery
August 10, 2011, Central Virginia Funeral Director’s Association
Shelby Jean Martin Vest
August 12, 2011, Blue Ridge Funeral Director’s Association
David Lee Fuquay, Jr.
August 15, 2011, Southside Virginia Funeral Director’s Association
Sally Irene Henderson-Farris
August 25, 2011, Southwest Funeral Director’s Association
Bobby Gene Benton
August 28, 2011, Tidewater Funeral Director’s Association
R. Bayne Hawkins
September 28, 2011, Central Virginia Funeral Director’s Association
Dale Andrew Windon
September 30, 2011, West Virginia Funeral Director’s Association
John Clark Everly
October 10, 2011, Northern Virginia Funeral Director’s Association
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Mark Your Calendars to Join Us for Our Upcoming Events
A Message From VFDA President Frankie Sheridan
Dear fellow VFDA colleagues and friends,
A
s I write this letter, the leaves are falling and
Lacy and I are getting ready to leave for Chicago
to attend the annual National Funeral Directors
Association Convention. We are especially looking
forward to hosting the VFDA Virginia Night on
Tuesday at the Chop House. I hope those of you who
attended that event had a great time!
We also recently attended the Southwest District
meeting down in Abington. In addition, I was pleased
to attend the Tidewater Seafood meeting along with
my own Central District meetings. I must say “Thank
You,” to everyone, because all the District Associations
have been exceptional hosts.
Our committees are in full swing to keep us growing
in the right direction! We have already had several
of our Continuing Education Caravans and special
thanks go to Ted Castle for helping us out in Bristol.
We are currently working on the Winter Leadership
Conference, planning the agenda. Bob Oman and
I have invited the leaders of the Independent
Association as well as the V.M.A. to meet with us to
try to go together as one group to make our
collective voice even stronger on the hill with the
legislators. Please everyone, come out to support the
2012 Winter Leadership Summit!
The Convention Committee has also met, with Jerry
Andrews and Mike Williams among the group,
and they have the agenda ready and the Rondells
scheduled to play on Tuesday night! They are still
working on a featured speaker. The Convention is
set for The Cavalier Hotel from June 24-26, 2012, so
mark your calendars now.
I’d better wrap this up because Puddin is giving me
Halloween decorating orders! We hope everyone has
a safe and joyous holiday season. We are also getting
ready for the international study trip to the Hard Rock
Hotel in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Feb. 4-11.
Please join us!
Thank you all for your continued support of the
Virginia Funeral Directors Association.
H. F. “Frankie” Sheridan
VFDA President
Sheridan Funeral Home, Inc.
Kents Store, VA
804-387-1789
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Cover:
An angel
watches over
a resting
place in a
small church
cemetery on
the outskirts
of Richmond.
VFDA President Frankie Sheridan (center) gathered with his family members at The Cavalier
Hotel in Virginia Beach after he accepted his new VFDA role last summer.
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The VFDA Office: Ready for a Busy Season
W
hat a busy time of year for our association!
After a very successful convention in Virginia
Beach, we began a new year in July with renewed
energy, plans and convention ideas. Your new Board
of Directors held its annual strategic action planning
meeting and for the first time we also held a new
board member orientation. This gave our new board
members an opportunity to come together to review
bylaws, the structure of the board and to fellowship
together over a delicious dinner hosted by Frankie
Sheridan.
Our year so far has been packed with new and
exciting things for the association. We were able to
support the NFDA PAC Auction with a “Welcome
Home” basket that included items donated from
the Crowne
Plaza Fort
Magruder and
the Richmond
Marriott, along
with other
Virginia and
Williamsburg
items. We were
also happy we
could support
the Blue Ridge/
Shenandoah
district golf
outing by
donating a silent
auction item of
a Virginia Tech
lunch bag, VFDA polo shirts, an Omni Richmond
Hotel night stay with breakfast for two and a gift
certificate for a free registration to the 2012 Winter
Leadership Summit.
We have many upcoming events and you should
be receiving lots of emails and mailing from the
association office to tell you all about them!
Winter Leadership Summit
The VFDA education committee and staff are putting
the finishing touches on the Winter Leadership
Summit for 2012. Sessions during the summit will
include “Risk Management for the Funeral Director,”
“Legislative Pros and Cons,” “A Review of the
Legislative Session,” “VFDA’s Legislative Agenda,”
“How to Lobby Your Legislator,” “Leadership
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Session,” and “A Townhall Meeting with Dr. Leah
Bush, Lisa Hahn and Janet Rainey.”
Traveling Caravans
Traveling Caravan Sessions are underway and will
include topics including “Distractive Driving,”
“OSHA,” “Embalming and Restorative Art,” “Preneed
Rules & Regulations Recap,” “Marketing and Selling
to Boomers,” “Group Dynamics and Grief” and
“Virginia State Law and Regulations.” Please check
the VFDA website for schedules and registration
information.
International Study Trip
The VFDA international study trip to Punta Cana
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in the Dominican
Republic is scheduled for February 4, 2012. To
register for the trip contact R&R Vacations at 804307-1278.
2012 Convention
We hope you received your save the date postcard
for the 2012 convention. The schedule of events
is available on our website and we are currently
working on sponsorship opportunities. We have new
ideas for registration and for our exhibitors. We hope
you will join us at the beach!
Aside from what is listed above, the association
hosted Virginia Night at the Chicago Chop House
in October during the National Funeral Directors
Convention, where members enjoyed fellowship and
a great meal. Thank you to Woody’s Funeral Home
and Sheridan Funeral Home for hosting the bar.
Items to look for in the new year: a promotional
piece introducing new membership benefits offered
to VFDA members, a new and improved association
brochure, a recruitment and retention program, and
a new website.
The VFDA staff, committees and the Board of
Directors wish you all a very happy holiday season.
Take time for yourself and your families. As our
association is built around family, it is important to
remember those we love this holiday season!
Lacy Whittaker
Executive Director
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[email protected]
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John Muncy, President
Arney-Mullins Funeral Homes, Inc.
Charles R. Tomlinson
Vice President
Colonial Funeral Home
P. Martin Hagy
Secretary/Treasurer
Hagy & Fawbush Funeral Home, Inc.
Meetings are held on the third Thursday
in March, June, September and December
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Many Thanks to These
2011 Professional Futures Fund Donors
(As of October 12, 2011)
Dogwood Level
A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home
Andrews Funeral Home, Inc.
Bassett Funeral Service
Botetourt Funeral Home, Inc.
Bristow Faulkner Funeral Home
Chiles Funeral Home, Inc.
Clarke Funeral Home
Colbert-Moran Funeral Home, Inc.
Colonial Funeral Home, Inc.
Combs Funeral Service
Crowder-Hite-Crews Funeral Home &
Crematory
Cunningham-Mountcastle Funeral Home, Inc.
Currie Funeral Home
Doughty Funeral Home, Inc.
E. Alvin Small Funeral Home
Flora Funeral Service, Inc.
Garrett Funeral Home
Grundy Funeral Home of Southwest Virginia,
Inc.
Holland, B.D. Funeral Service
John M. Oakey & Son
Joseph W. Bliley Company, Inc.
Maddox Funeral Home
Mountcastle-Turch Funeral Home
Mullins Funeral Home & Crematory
Nicely Funeral Home, Inc.
Powell Funeral Home
Rodriguez Funeral Home
Sheridan Funeral Home
Thomasson Funeral Home, Fork Union
Chapel
Townes Funeral Home, Inc.
Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel, Inc.
Wells/Sheffield Funeral Chapel, Inc.
Wood Funeral Service, Inc.
Virginia Funeral Directors Association
Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Homes
Wright Funeral Home
Cardinal Level
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home of Tazewell
Joseph W. Teague, Sr. (Associate
Member)
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home, Inc.
Riffe’s Funeral Service
Robinson Funeral Home, Inc.
Simpson Funeral Home & Crematory
W.J. Smith & Son Funeral Home, Inc.
Dominion Level
Finch & Finch, Inc. Funeral & Cremation
Service
J.T. Morriss & Son, Inc.
Oakey’s Funeral Service & Crematory, Inc.
Woody Funeral Home & Cremation
Service
Commonwealth Level
Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, LLC
Other
Thomas M. Seagle & Sons
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VFDA Member/Entrepreneur Storke Discovers a
New Way to Deliver Old-Fashioned Comfort
F
uneral Director David Storke was brainstorming
one day – trying to come up with another way to
supplement his income. Everyone has probably done
that at one time or another, but this time Storke came
up with an idea he thought might be a really good
one. In fact, he figured it was so good that somebody
else must already be doing it.
“So the next thing I did was search the Internet,”
explained VFDA member David Storke of Bowling
Green. He Googled ‘food for
funerals’ and ‘sympathy food
baskets’ and, “All the search found
was food platters and fruit or gift
baskets.” No one had come up with
home-delivered meals! This was in
2006 and marked the beginning of
Sympathyfood.com; which he soon
trademarked to protect his idea. It
wasn’t long until he offered meals
delivered to local homes through
his own website and then others.
The company has been nationwide
for two years now and is currently
relocating from Greensboro, NC,
to Kansas City, MO, in order to
be more centrally located. Its
new facility includes a USDA
commercial kitchen where the meals are prepared,
then immediately flash frozen for freshness, then
stored in freezers until orders are filled and the meals
are placed in coolers for shipping to the surviving
family members as very welcome comfort food. “Say
you have a friend in North Carolina and if you lived
closer you’d send a lasagna, with Sympathyfood, you
can!”
Storke said, “One significant way Sympathyfood.com
differs from most other companies is that we make
phone contact with the people we deliver to before we
even attempt to fill the order. As soon as a customer
places the order, we call the person who will receive
the meal and read the card to them.”
This is vital because many folks travel to stay with
other family members during funerals and are away
from home for a while. This ensures that the person
receiving the meal receives it when they need it most,
and not when their refrigerator
is already overflowing with food.
“Sometimes the person who will
receive the meal requests delivery
in two weeks, when the other
food is gone. Or they ask that it
be delivered to their mom’s house
instead.” said Storke, “We’re happy
to accommodate them.”
Sympathyfood.com offers meals by
price range, so customers decide
how much they want to spend
and then can select the meal they
want to send from about six in that
range.
There are currently hundreds of
affiliates across the country who
put Sympathyfood.com on their website. If you do
this, you receive 10% of every sale that originated
from your site. Simply click on Affiliates Sign-Up
on the left side of the homepage and follow the
directions.
Storke not only runs Sympathyfood.com, he also
owns and operates Storke Funeral Home and is
Mayor of Bowling Green, VA. In addition, he’s a
husband and a father to four sons.
International Study Trip to Punta Cana
Dominican Republic, February 4-11, 2012
The trip includes four-star accommodations at the Hard Rock Cafe Hotel and Casino, round-trip airfare,
airport transfers and ALL meals! Pricing is available for five nights or seven nights through
R&R Vacations at 804-307-1278.
Questions? Contact the VFDA office at (804) 264-0505.
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Blue Ridge Funeral
Directors Association
Kevin Bowman, President
Lynch-Conner-Bowman Funeral Home
Dave Vanderpool
Vice President
John M. Oakey & Son Tim Watts
Secretary/Treasurer
John M. Oakey, Inc.
Meetings are held on the third Tuesday in January,
March, May, July, and September
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Virginia Funeral Supply
Sales Association
Brian Keith Presley, President
Deaton-Kennedy Company
Rick RobertsLori Ann Eanes
Vice-PresidentSecretary/Treasurer
Roberts & Downey Chapel Equipment
C & L Containers, Inc.
Meeting and Installation held in June during annual convention.
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The
Virginia Funeral
Directors
Association
Warmly Welcomes Our
Newest Members:
(Approved at the July 28
Board of Directors Meeting)
Affiliate Member
Patty S. Hutcheson,
Gupton-Jones College of
Funeral Service
(Approved at the September 22
Board of Directors Meeting)
Affiliate Member
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Member and Affiliate News
Nicodemus Becomes
President of Cremation
Association of North
America (CANA)
Mortuary Science.
VFDA Member Michael W.
Nicodemus of Hollomon-Brown
Funeral Homes in Virginia Beach
was installed as president of the
Cremation Association of North
America (CANA) during their annual Convention & Expo, which took
place October 23-26 in Chicago, IL.
His term in office will run through
August 16, 2012.
Nicodemus is also Chairman of
CANA’s Crematory Operations
Certificate Program (COCP) and is
a member of the Board of Directors
at the Pittsburgh Institute of
Kevin Czachor,
ASD Answering Service
Founded in 1913, CANA is an
international organization of more
than 1,300 members, including
cemetarians, cremationists, funeral
directors, industry suppliers and
consultants. CANA members believe that cremation is preparation
for memorialization.
Turch Invited to Compete
In International Triathlon
World Championships
Michael Turch,
VFDA past
president,
2010-2011, has
earned a spot
on Team USA
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for the 2012 International Triathlon
Union’s (ITU) Long
Distance Triathlon
World Championships. He was invited to go to Vitoria,
Spain, as part of the
US Team because
of his outstanding
performance at the
2011 USAT Halfmax
National Championship.
The 2012 World
Championships are
set to take place July
29 in Vitoria, Spain.
For more details,
visit the Team USA
website (www.teamusatriathlon.org).
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Tidewater Funeral
Directors Association
Est. 1945
Ty Alston Hughes, President
Chatman/E.A. Hughes Funeral Home
Kevin Sanderlin, 1st Vice President
Beach Funeral Home
Bryan P. Graves
Treasurer
H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments
Sarae Joyner
2nd Vice President
Parr Funeral Home & Crematory
Jamie Karpa
Secretary
R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home
Meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of the Month
Except June, July, August & November
Holiday Inn Select
1570 North Military Highway, Norfolk, Virginia (757) 213-2231
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Fall Continuing Education Caravans Successful;
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Three More Set for 2012!
eginning September 15, this season’s VFDA Continuing Education Caravans have taken funeral
learning on the road and brought it to a town near
you! Four sessions have been held so far, in Staunton,
Bristol, Salem and Danville.
We appreciate our speakers who took time out of
their busy schedules to provide continuing education:
Federated Insurance; Wayne Armstrong, Virginia
Department of Labor and Industry; Ted Castle, VFDA
Board of Directors; Lynne Helmick, Virginia Board
of Funeral Directors and Embalmers; Bob Burger,
Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers;
Alane Cameron Miles; and Richard Brockwell, Capstone PreNeed Funding Solutions.
Special thanks to James Riffe for his help administering the Salem session, and to Bill and Janis Simpson
of Mastercraft, who sponsored the Danville networking coffee break! Contact the VFDA Office if you’d like
to sponsor a future caravan!
Three more Continuing Education Caravans are
scheduled in 2012 on the following dates:
February 21, 2012
Holiday Inn Select
1570 N. Military Highway, Norfolk, VA
March 8, 2012
University of Mary Washington - Stafford Campus
North Building #125 Room 122
125 University Boulevard,
Fredericksburg, VA
March 22, 2012
John Tyler Community College, Room B-124
13101 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Chester, VA
Please visit the VFDA website at www.vfda.net or call the
VFDA Office for more information
(804) 264-0505.
Registration fee: $125 Members
(Members registering two or more staff will receive 10% off total registration cost)
$195 Non-Members
(VFDA Non-Members will receive a
one-year affiliate VFDA membership when registering)
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VFDA Member Spotlight:
Currie Funeral Home, Kilmarnock, Va.
T
he Virginia Funeral Directors Association has
a list of members that we select from quarterly
to decide which successful business(es) to profile in
each issue of the Bulletin. This season must have
been a fortunate time for the Currie Funeral Home,
because just as we were starting to work on their
article, we were told they were also appearing in
Funeral Business Advisor, a ‘magazine dedicated
completely to business ideas, strategies and
solutions that serves the entire Funeral Business
industry.’ That article can be read on their website,
www.funeralbusinessadvisor.com.
The Currie Funeral Home website was used as a
reference for both stories.
Currie Funeral Home is located
at 116 East Church Street in
Kilmarnock on Virginia’s beautiful Northern Neck. It was
established there in 1924 as
an undertaker’s business, and
though it changed names several times prior to 1985, it never
moved its location.
Currie Funeral Home exterior (shown above). Below left the
Currie chapel is pictured.
and a half decades. Their
website says, “Honoring
Families is Our Vision, Serving the Community is Our
Privilege and a Rich Heritage
is Our Reward.”
That’s not just their slogan,
mission statement and the
way they run their business,
it’s their way of life. They adopted that attitude 87 years
ago, when Albin Chinn Elmore founded the business.
It has genuinely been the way
they’ve treated their customers since Day One. The
business is now owned and operated by Executive
Funeral Directors Gerald Sellers and Thomas Gale.
Like many successful VFDA
member businesses, Currie has
served the families of its community for more than eight
They offer Pre-Planning, both on-line and in-person,
as well as immediate arrangements made either
way. Their website also has grief resources for the
bereaved, listing various organizations and support
groups where their families may find solace after a
loved one’s passing.
Currie Funeral Home also offers cremation services
and a Living Memorial Program through Batesville,
which plants a tree seedling in selected woodlands
at no cost to the customer. Their warm, welcoming
location offers visitation rooms as well as a chapel for
larger gatherings.
Advertisement for A. C. Elmore Funeral Home, circa 1929
(now known as Currie Funeral Home).
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NFDA Convention in Chicago Features VFDA Virginia Night
T
he 2011 NFDA International Convention & Expo
was held last October in Chicago, IL. On October
25, the VFDA hosted Virginia Night at the Chicago
Chop House – an event to encourage all the Virginians attending to gather together at the Convention.
Thanks to Bud Hazelgrove of Woody’s Funeral Home
and Frankie Sheridan of Sheridan Funeral Home for
sponsoring the bar during Virginia Night.
Executive Director Lacy Whittaker toured the exhibit floor with VFDA President (and Cavaliers fan)
Frankie Sheridan. Here are some of the photos she
snapped along the way.
Pictured, clockwise from left: every body should
have a KISS casket – or at least know that one
exists in case their dearly departed is a diehard
Gene Simmons fan!
Frankie was wooed by salespeople up and down
the exhibit floor. Lacy and Frankie came across a
familiar face – It was the VFDA’s own J. Tolleison
Morriss VI, featured prominently on a Homesteader’s Insurance display.
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VFDA Member Showcase
Roy A. Green Funeral Home, Appalachia, Va.
t
he Green family of Appalachia, Va., are truly
dedicated to funeral service. The VFDA has many
members who have had generations in the business,
and the Greens certainly epitomize that dedication,
with six licensed funeral directors currently in the
family plus one more set to graduate next fall. It is a
fifth generation family funeral business!
The first family member to decide to take up funeral
service for his career was Roy A. Green, who began as
an undertaker in 1931 working out of the town’s General Store, which was owned by his father and a partner. “They came to work one morning, and someone
had left a body outside the Store,” explained Samuel
Lee Green, Roy’s son, and the current oldest generation running the business. “So the other owner of the Roy A. Green pictured in front of his Funeral Home when it was
General Store asked my father if he could maybe find located in the Appalachia Hardware Store Building, in the 1940s.
a separate building.”
1934 and we had 10 of the 17 who died in the accident. Business picked up, but back then a lot weren’t
So Roy found another space and moved to the Hardembalmed and they just sold caskets in the General
ware Building and stayed there until 1947. His father
Store.
(and Samuel’s grandpa) then also became a partner
in the funeral business. Later, in 1947, the business
“They’d deliver caskets in the horse and wagon and
moved into the home of Samuel’s grandfather, and
a lot of times my dad would embalm bodies in their
remains there to this day.
own homes and then take them to the cemetery in the
Samuel Green said, “There was a mine explosion in
horse and wagon,” he said.
(continued on page 19)
The Roy A. Green Funeral Home pictured above, circa 1964.
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Y
ou may remember that in the summer Bulletin we listed Keynote Speaker Don Yaeger’s first four Characteristics of Greatness, in case you missed his speech at the convention. We promised to list the remainder
in the fall issue, so here are all 16:
16 Consistent Characteristics of Greatness!
How They Think.
1. It’s personal. They hate to lose more than they love to win.
2. Rubbing elbows. They understand the value of association.
3. Believe. They have faith in a higher power.
4. Contagious enthusiasm. They are positive thinkers...They are enthusiastic...and enthusiasm rubs
off.
How They Prepare.
5. Hope for the best, but...They prepare for all possibilities before they step on the field.
6. What off-season? They are always working toward the next game. The goal is what’s ahead and there’s
always something ahead.
7. Visualize victory. They see victory before the game begins.
8. Inner fire. They use adversity as fuel.
How They Work.
9. Ice in their veins. They are risk-takers and don’t fear making a mistake.
10. When all else fails...They know how – and when – to adjust their game plan.
11. Ultimate Teammate. They will assume whatever role is necessary for the team to win.
12. Not just about the Benjamins. They don’t play just for the money.
How They Live.
13. Do unto others. They know character is defined by how they treat those who cannot help them.
14. When no one is watching...They are comfortable in the mirror. They live their lives with integrity.
15. When everyone is watching – They embrace the idea of being a role model.
16. Records are made to be broken. They know their legacy isn’t what they did on the field. They are
well-rounded.
Visit www.DonYaeger.com for more information.
(continued from page 18)
Things did change from one generation to the next,
but according to Green, what hasn’t changed is that
“We always try to treat people with love and respect
and try to do our best in all that we do,” he said, “We
look to God for guidance in everything.”
Roy A. Green Funeral Home offers traditional services, direct cremations, immediate burial, pre-need
planning, receiving of remains from another funeral
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The facility has a casket showroom, lounge, two
visitation rooms, a chapel with a family room, two offices, four garages and a large parking area.
The three full-time licensed funeral directors on staff
are: Manager Samuel Lee Green and Graham Edward
Green, sons of Founder Roy A. Green; and Samuel
Lee Green, Jr. His son, Samuel Lee Green, III, is
currently attending Gupton Jones College of Funeral
Service in Georgia, with plans to join the family business after graduation in fall of 2012.
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Tell a Friend About the Benefits of VFDA Membership
More Member Discounts Plus Insurance Program Offerings
W
e have have improved and expanded the VFDA
member discounts and insurance offerings
throughout 2011 and will continue to do so during
2012! Some of the following are brand new offerings
that are now available and more are in the works.
These are in addition to the excellent discounts and
benefits already offered by the association. Please
check out the website (www.vfda.net) for more
details and contact the VFDA Office with any questions.
Brooks Brothers
As a VFDA member you qualify to receive a special
card which will enable you to receive a
15% discount off your purchases. Visit
the VFDA website today to order your
card and print a temporary one, so you
can start shopping now for the holidays!
Elephant Auto Insurance
Elephant Auto Insurance is a subsidiary of Admirial
Group, plc, which has 17 years of experience in auto
insurance and nearly 2 million policies worldwide.
Elephant proudly serves Virginia and Maryland
drivers and provides reliable coverage and excellent
service at affordable rates. Elephant Auto Insurance
is offering VFDA members and employees an additional 15% discount on your auto rate - on top of all
the other discounts Elephant
offers. The member discount
is only available by going
online at www.elephant.com/VFDA and selecting
Virginia Funeral Directors Association under ‘affinity’ OR by calling one of Elephant’s licensed agents at
877-21-TRUNK and telling them you are a member.
BJ’s Wholesale Club
BJ’s Wholesale Club is a membership-based warehouse club that sells high-quality brands and private
label food and general merchandise at BJ’s Everyday
Low Prices. Key benefits include savings of more
than 30% off supermarket prices; acceptance of ALL
manufacturers’ coupons, plus BJ’s
own coupons, convenient one-stop
shopping, more ways to pay, including all major credit cards and EBT,
, BJ’s Services for beyond-the Club
savings on vacations, new and rental cars, insurance, home improvement and more,
BJ’s Optical and BJ’s Gas at selected Clubs. Find out
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more at www.bjs.com. VFDA members can join or
renew for 15 months (three extra months FREE) for
$40, $10 off the regular club price. Members also
receive a second membership card. Applications and
information may be emailed to jeleftheriou@bjs.
com. This special offer is available at any BJ’s Club
location.
AmerAssist
AmerAssist A/R Solutions is the VFDA endorsed
and recommended cash flow and collection organization. A leading provider of accounts receivable
management and collection solutions, AmerAssist
can provide VFDA members with a cost-effective
solution to keeping a healthy cash flow while maintaining a community image and reducing alienation.
The VFDA/AmerAssist programs include: full service collections for fees of 10% per account or less,
account auditing techniques to recover money without alienation, professional
industry-specialized collectors will call your debtors
during the day, evenings or
weekends, non-responsive debtors may be reported
to credit bureaus and litigation, when warranted, is
at AmerAssist’s expense, guaranteed performancebased results, VFDA members get special pricing
and a no-obligation receivables analysis to identify
cash flow concerns. For more information or for
your free analysis, contact AmeriAssist by visiting
www.amerassist.com/ars/affinity or call toll free:
877-674-3342.
COSTCO Wholesale
Costco Wholesale is the premier membership warehouse club. Our 61 million members enjoy low
warehouse prices on thousands of high-end, brandname products and services for their homes or
businesses at more than 500 locations worldwide.
Costco is committed to offering the
best value to members with a
risk-free 100% satisfaction
guarantee on membership and
merchandise. Certain productspecific limitations apply. See the membership counter for details.
Allstate
The Association Employee Benefit Program allows
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employees and their spouses to purchase life, disability, SHOP and accident insurance by answering just a
few medical questions - no medical exams required.
Sometimes providing proper employee benefits is difficult. That’s where Allstate can help. Allstate Benefits
(AB) created a supplemental benefit package that can
fit your company’s needs. Policies require NO DIRECT EMPLOYER COSTS, as all employees purchasees are made through payroll deduction. With the
products offered through this
program, you can take action
now to protect your employees
from future uncertainity. All VFDA members also
receive an extra 10% discount off Allstate Auto Insurance. For more information, contact: Gin Brockwell
804-745-9500 or [email protected].
mortgage, groceries, or whatever else you may need.
It’s like a safety net for you and your family. Visit
www.vfda.net now for additional Aflac information.
This is not an all-inclusive list. There are even MORE
insurance offerings and discounts available to VFDA
members! Additional benefits are currently being
researched and we are open to your suggestions. If
you have an idea for a great discount, let us know –
email [email protected]. In the meantime, check out these
discounts, benefits and services available NOW on the
Member Benefits page, including: ICCFA/The Music
Coalition; the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and
Medicine; Staples; Optima Health; Federated Insurance; American Hospice; ICCFA/FIDCS Fraud Investigation & Deterrence Consultation Service; Hunter
Warfield Collections and Asset Investigation; and CBIZ
Payroll Services.
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can trust Eric Crain and Associates
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more than 40 years of combined
experience and will use their “Safe
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retirement plan to increase your
retirement income and lower your
income taxes. All VFDA members,
plus their spouses and children
receive a free accidental life insurance policy at NO COST for the first
year. After that, renew the policy
for just $10 annually! Contact Eric
Crain at [email protected] or
Charlie O’Connor at [email protected] or call 877-3000484.
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Northern Virginia
Funeral Director’s Association
Jennifer Daversa
President
Metropolitan Funeral Service
Robert GallagherBernadette Brusoe
Vice-PresidentSecretary/Treasurer
Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home
Demaine Funeral Home
Meetings are held on the first Wednesday in March, June, September and December.
Installation – June
Shenandoah Valley
Funeral Director’s Association
Daniel Chapman, President
Johnson Funeral Service
Michael R. Phelps
Vice-President Brandon Cash
Secretary/Treasurer
Phelps Funeral Home
Bolling, Grose & Lotts Funeral Service
Meetings are held on the third Thursday in
January, March, May, September and November.
Installation – May
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Mark Your Calendars
For These
Upcoming
Events:
Monday, January 30, 2012
VFDA Board of
Directors Meeting
During
Winter Leadership
Summit (January 29-30)
Richmond, VA
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Traveling Education
Caravan
Holiday Inn Select –
Norfolk, VA
– You Could See Your AD Here –
Reserve Space Now for 2012!
You may be aware that the Virginia Funeral Directors Association is
the leading state trade association for the funeral profession, but perhaps you aren’t familiar with the VFDA Bulletin quarterly magazine.
The publication is one of our most popular member benefits, enjoys
a long shelf life and is distributed by US Mail and email to more than
400 member firms. We continue to strive for excellence with this
magazine by making it current and relevant to our members and their
businesses, as well as graphically appealing. In addition to the Bulletin, you have other ways to advertise: in our online annual directory;
website advertising; and online classified ads. Don’t miss out on these
opportunities to directly reach Virginia’s funeral professionals with
your product and service messages!
You’ll find our reasonable rates on page 24 along with our publication
schedule for 2012. Act Now! Deadline to submit your advertisement
commitment is December 19. The advertising art deadlines are listed
at the top of the following page. Please take a moment to review the
enclosed publication schedule and advertisement rates.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the VFDA office
at (804) 264-0505 or [email protected].
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Traveling Education
Caravan
University of Mary Washington,
Stafford Campus –
Fredericksburg, VA
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Traveling Education
Caravan
John Tyler Community College,
Room B-124 – Chester, VA
Thursday, April 19, 2012
VFDA Board of
Directors Meeting
John Tyler Community College –
Chester, VA
Sunday, June 24, 2012 –
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
124th Annual
VFDA Convention
The Cavalier Hotel –
Virginia Beach, VA
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Crain & Associates is the VFDA’s Resource Partner
For Retirement Annuities and Tax-advantaged
Retirement Planning
Insurance veterans with more than 40 years combined experience use
a “Safe Money Solutions” approach which contractually guarantees
their client’s savings against potential market losses. Their safe, secure
and insured savings strategies are underwritten by some of the largest,
oldest and highest-rated financial institutions in the U.S. All member
information provided when preparing plans is kept in the strictest
confidence. There are no costs or service fees to design a plan.
Feature Benefits:
• Fixed and Indexed Annuities
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• All accounts available for “rollover monies” with no tax charges
• IRAs, CDs, 401ks, mutual funds, 457 plans, Roth IRAs
• No service fees or commission loads
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Long Term Care and Life Insurance Information also available.
Call toll-free 1-877-300-0484 or email Charlie O’Connor at [email protected] or Eric Crain at [email protected].
You will receive a prompt response!
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• 1011 East Main Street • Suite 400 • Richmond • Virginia • 23219 •
Phone: (804) 264.0505 • Fax: (804) 264.3260
The VFDA publication schedule for 2012 is as follows:
Membership Directory
Winter Issue
Spring Issue
Summer Issue
Fall Issue
February 2012
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
Advertisement due – January 13, 2012
Advertisement due – January 13, 2012
Advertisement due – April 9, 2012
Advertisement due – July 9, 2012
Advertisement due – October 8, 2012
2012 VFDA ADVERTISING ORDER FORM
** Prices will be pro-rated for the spring, summer and fall issues**
Bulletin Only (ALL four issues)
Quarter Page Ad:……………………………………………… ...$500
½ Page Ad: …………………………………………….….…… $750
Full Page Ad: ……………………………………….................... $900
Directory Only
Quarter Page Ad:………………………………………………….$400
½ Page Ad: ……………………………………………………… $600
Full Page Ad: ………………………………………..................... $800
Both Publications (Directory, plus ALL four Bulletins)
Quarter Page Ad:………………………………………………….$800
½ Page Ad:……………………………………….……………….$1200
Full Page Ad: ………………………………………..................... $1500
Website Advertising
Place your logo and link on the VFDA website:
$200 for 3 mo (-10% with publication ads = $180)……………………..
$350 for 6 mo (-10% with publication ads = $315)……………………..
$600 for 1 year (-10% with publication ads = $540)…………………….
Please note these rates are for the entire year program, not per insertion.
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2- Email the ad and/or logo file as a .JPG or .PDF file to: Hannah Coltrain at [email protected].
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Central Virginia
Funeral Directors Association
Anthony Hix, President
Hillsman-Hix Funeral Home
Thomas W. Gale
Vice President
Currie Funeral Home, LLC
Rhonda Keys Pleasants
Secretary/Treasurer
Joseph Jenkins Funeral Home
Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month in
January, March, May, July, September and November.
Installation of officers held in November.
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Southside
Funeral Directors Association
Daryl B. Martin, President
Bassett Funeral Service
Kevin Brown
Vice President
Finch & Finch, Inc.
Les Powell, III
Secretary/Treasurer
Powell Funeral Home, Inc.
Meetings are held quarterly and determined by district.
*Roster provided by district and effective March 24, 2011.
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1011 East Main Street, Suite 400, Richmond, Va 23219
Phone: (804) 264-0505
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