Akard Funeral Home

09/24/2026

We are proud to share an important new chapter in serving the Bristol community.

Akard Funeral Home and Oakley-Cook Funeral Home, two longtime and trusted names in Bristol, are coming together as one funeral home.

By combining our teams, resources, and experience, we are strengthening our ability to serve families with the same compassion, personal attention, and dedication you have always known, now with even greater support and availability.

Going forward, all services and arrangements for families previously served by Akard Funeral Home or Oakley-Cook Funeral Home will be handled from our combined location:
2223 Volunteer Pkwy
Bristol, TN 37620

Most importantly, the commitments made to the families we serve remain fully protected. Existing pre-need contracts will continue to be honored, and Akard Funeral Home obituaries will be archived and available through the Oakley-Cook website.

We are deeply grateful to the Bristol community for the trust you have placed in both Akard and Oakley-Cook through the years. We look forward to continuing that tradition of care together for many years to come.

09/14/2026

Happy Grandparents' Day 💚

Grandparents have a special way of shaping our lives.

They're the storytellers, the teachers, the cheerleaders, and the keepers of family traditions. They remind us where we've been, help us appreciate where we are, and inspire the generations that follow.

Today, we celebrate the grandparents who continue to make memories with us—and we lovingly remember those whose legacy lives on through the stories, values, and love they shared.

🌿 Here's to the grandparents who helped make us who we are.

09/12/2026

Deeply devoted and unexpectedly tender — Johnny Cash found greatest comfort in family and gospel music.

Today we're featuring Johnny Cash, who passed away on this day, September 12, 2003.

His funeral was a private service held at First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tennessee, attended by close family and friends alongside a number of fellow musicians who came to pay their respects. He was laid to rest at Hendersonville Memory Gardens beside his wife, June Carter Cash, who had passed away just four months earlier — the two are remembered as inseparable in life and now in death.

✨His legacy reminds us that even our toughest icons are often defined, in the end, by who they loved and who loved them back.

09/11/2026

Today we remember the lives lost on September 11th, and we honor the courage, unity, and resilience that followed. We will never forget. 🇺🇸

09/07/2026

Today, we pause to honor the work that built the world around us and the people we hold dear.

Happy Labor Day. 🇺🇸

09/05/2026

Behind the saint revered around the world stood a woman who made people laugh and offered unshakable warmth.

Today, we're featuring Mother Teresa, who passed away on this day, September 5, 1997.

She greeted the poorest of the poor with the same tenderness she showed kings and presidents, and she found humor and joy even amid profound suffering.

Mother Teresa's funeral was a state funeral held in Kolkata, India. Her body lay in repose for a week so hundreds of thousands of mourners could pay their respects. The funeral procession retraced the same route used for Mahatma Gandhi's funeral decades earlier. She was laid to rest at the Missionaries of Charity Mother House, where her tomb remains a place of pilgrimage for people of all faiths to this day.

Her legacy reminds us that even those who become symbols were, first, simply people — shaped by small acts of kindness long before the world took notice.

09/01/2026

We've perfected the quiet nod that says everything is handled.
The one that tells a grieving daughter she doesn't have to ask twice. The one that says go be with your family — we've got this.

It's a small thing. But it might be the most important thing we do.

08/28/2026

Funeral Director Truths #3: Forgot Dad’s socks? Don’t panic. We keep an emergency stash because, yes, this happens more often than you’d think. 🧦

Just one of the many little details we’re always prepared for.

08/25/2026

Join us as we remember Dolly Parton, who passed away today.

Dolly Parton didn’t just make music — she made sure her success reached back to lift others up. That’s a legacy worth remembering.

Her voice touched generations, but so did her generosity. Through her music, philanthropy, and lifelong commitment to helping others, Dolly showed us that a meaningful life is measured not only by what we achieve, but by what we give back.

Read more about her remarkable legacy:
https://birdeye.cx/q39hsk

08/25/2026

Carolyn Christine Shanks Davisson, age 95, went to be with the Lord, on Saturday, August 22, 2026, in Georgetown, TN surrounded by her family.

She was born on July 10, 1931, in Limestone, TN to the late Clifford Remine Shanks and Virginia Mae Shanks. She was also preceded in death by her hus...

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