TFDA-Tennessee Funeral Directors Association

08/07/2026

🚨🚨TFDA Fall District Meeting Schedule 🚨🚨

07/31/2026

Attention TFDA MEMBERS!!!!!
Check your email. The latest edition of the Thanagram was sent out today. We hope you find the refreshed version both informative and helpful. We would also like to thank our sponsors who make this publication possible.

07/30/2026

It is with profound sadness to inform you that former longtime President of Memphis Funeral Home and Market Director, E.C. Daves passed away on Monday, July 27, 2026.

Please keep his wife, Ginny, daughter, Christina, and his grandchildren in your thoughts and prayers.

Please click the link below for the full Obituary:
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Email from TFDA E. C Daves   It is with profound sadness to inform you that former longtime President of Memphis Funeral Home and Market Director, E.C. Daves passed away on Monday, July 27, 2026. Pl

07/28/2026

TFDA wants to make its members aware that the phone lines are currently down at the office. Comcast is aware of the situation and working to get service restored. In the meantime, please call 615-418-6276 if you need to reach the TFDA office. We are sorry for the confusion this may cause to our members and firms. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we get this issue resolved.

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Email from TFDA   TFDA wants to make its members aware that the phone lines are currently down at the office. Comcast is aware of the situation and working to get service restored. In the meantime, pl

07/25/2026

TFDA extends deepest condolences to the family of Mrs. Rita Oliphant. Please keep the Oliphant family in your thoughts and prayers in the days ahead.

Mrs. Rita was a funeral director and pre-need agent for over 33 years serving the past 3 and a half years at Humphreys County Funeral Home in Waverly, TN.

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Email from TFDA Mrs. Rita Oliphant   TFDA extends deepest condolences to the family of Mrs. Rita Oliphant. Please keep the Oliphant family in your thoughts and prayers in the days ahead. Mrs. Rita was

07/24/2026

TFDA extends deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Bill Manes. Please keep the Manes family in your thoughts and prayers in the days ahead.

Mr. Manes was a Funeral Director at TFDA Member firm Christian-Sells Funeral Home in Rogersville, TN and the brother of TFDA Past President Charlie Manes.

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Email from TFDA Mr. Bill Manes   TFDA extends deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Bill Manes. Please keep the Manes family in your thoughts and prayers in the days ahead. Mr. Manes was a Funeral

07/23/2026

TFDA extends deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Bob Birdwell. Please keep the Birdwell family in your thoughts and prayers in the days ahead.

Mr. Birdwell is the father of Mike Birdwell, Funeral Director and Embalmer at TFDA member firm, Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home in Cookeville, TN

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Email from TFDA Mr. Bob Birdwell   TFDA extends deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Bob Birdwell. Please keep the Birdwell family in your thoughts and prayers in the days ahead. Mr. Birdwell is

07/18/2026

TFDA extends condolences to the family of Mr. Walter Lee Crox. Mr. Crox is well known in the funeral profession from being a professor to helping his sons at Covenant Funeral & Crematory in Chattanooga, TN

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Email from TFDA   TFDA extends deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Walter Lee Crox. Please keep the Crox family in your thoughts and prayers in the days ahead. Mr. Crox is well known in the funer

07/17/2026

TFDA extends deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Deloy Kirby. Deloy and his wife Diane are the owners and operators of Love Cantrell Funeral Home in Smithville, TN
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Email from TFDA   TFDA extends deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Deloy Kirby. Please keep the Kirby family in your thoughts and prayers in the days ahead. Deloy and his wife Diane are the owne

07/08/2026

TFDA extends deepest condolences to the family of Mrs. Connie Bland. Connie is the mother of Barry Bland, TFDA Member and Funeral Director at Replogle Lawrence Funeral Home in Medina, TN
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Email from TFDA   TFDA extends deepest condolences to the family of Mrs. Connie Bland. Please keep the Bland family in your thoughts and prayers in the days ahead. Connie Ray Epperson Bland is the mo