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After school he took over his family's funeral home business founded by his grandfather, Louis Meyers, in 1897. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1933, he divided the company into two brands, the Riverside Memorial Chapel and Parkwest Chapels and expanded to Miami , Florida (1935); Brooklyn (1938); the Bronx (1940); and Westchester County, New York (1950). [ 2 ]
Clifton Reginald Wharton Jr. (September 13, 1926 – November 16, 2024) was an American university president, corporate executive, and United States deputy secretary of state. [ 1 ] In his multiple careers, he was an African-American pioneer.
Wharton agreed to pay $80,000 for the property, and she spent thousands more to alter the home's facade, decorate the interior, and landscape the grounds. Page from original manuscript of The House of Mirth , in Edith Wharton's hand
He attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in economics. He also attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning his master's degree in communications. [4] He was a funeral director. [5] In 1979, Smith founded the Fall Antiques Show, a fair focused on American antiques. [3]
John Austin Wharton (April 1806 – December 17, 1838) was distinguished Texian statesman, lawyer, and soldier. He served as Adjutant General at the Battle of San Jacinto . In a eulogy at his grave, Republic of Texas President David G. Burnet said of him, "The keenest blade on the field of San Jacinto is broken."
The Blackwood Brothers Quartet, who performed at her father’s funeral in 1977 with different members, also sang the gospel song How Great Thou Art, followed by Sweet, Sweet Spirit.
Wharton's sometime collaborator, Ogden Codman, Jr., assisted with the architectural design. Wharton's niece, Beatrix Jones Farrand, designed the kitchen garden and the drive; Farrand was the only woman of the eleven founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Edith Wharton and her husband, Edward, lived in the Mount from 1902 to 1911.
Phillips was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania on November 21, 1874. He was the son of Pamphila (née Hardman) Phillips (1844–1933) and Thomas Wharton Phillips (1835–1912), [1] who also served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and later, was appointed a member of the United States Industrial Commission by President William McKinley.