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The most prominent funeral homeowner in Biloxi, [1] he won a $500 million jury award in a contractual dispute with the rival funeral home company Loewen Group, later settling for $175 million. O'Keefe was a major donor to and chief fundraiser for the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art , named after his wife Annette, and many other civic, cultural and ...
He owned dozens of funeral homes in Mississippi. [1] He was the grandfather of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy, former Mayor Henry Espy of Clarksdale, Mississippi, and great-grandfather of current Clarksdale, Mississippi, mayor and former Mississippi representative Chuck Espy (D - Clarksdale).
Funeral homes arrange services in accordance with the wishes of surviving friends and family, whether immediate next of kin or an executor so named in a legal will. The funeral home often takes care of the necessary paperwork, permits, and other details, such as making arrangements with the cemetery, and providing obituaries to the news media ...
Espy is President of Century Funeral Home and Burial Association in Clarksdale and Yazoo City. The funeral home was created by his grandfather, T. J. Huddleston, Sr. His son Henry "Chuck" Espy, III served in the Mississippi State Legislature, representing the 26th District through 2016, and is the current mayor of Clarksdale (2017–present).
Dexter Wade received a dignified funeral and burial Monday in Mississippi's capital city, months after he was hit and killed by a police SUV and officials first buried his body in a pauper's grave ...
Dexter Wade was run over by a police officer in Jackson, Mississippi, and buried in a pauper's grave. On Monday, he finally got the funeral he was denied.
In 1985 Loewen Group went public and, in 1987, the company expanded into the United States. In the years that followed, Loewen rapidly expanded his company, purchasing hundreds of small independent funeral homes. By the mid-90s, the company had 15,000 employees and operated 1,115 funeral homes and was the world's second-largest funeral chain. [10]
The Odd Fellows Cemetery in Starkville, Mississippi is a historic, 3-acre (1.2 ha) African-American cemetery that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1] Odd Fellows Cemetery is one of the oldest African American cemeteries in Mississippi. [2] It was founded by lodge number 2948 of the Grand Order of Odd Fellows of ...