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Clarksville Highway Memorials
Clarksville Highway MemorialsBiography
Clarksville Highway Memorials is a family owned and operated business. Please do not hesitate to contact us at 615-299-1535 if you have any questions concerning the choice of a monument.
4028 Clarksville Pike Nashville TN 37218
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In 1887, Preston purchased thirty-seven acres of land near “Buttermilk Ridge” at Elm Hill Road and Spence Lane on which he established the Greenwood Cemetery in 1888. Preston, along with three other gentlemen, had planned to purchase this land together for $30,000. Preston was the only one who followed through on the transaction. His purpose was to mainly provide first class burial space that would be available at minimal cost for the African American population of Nashville, in particular, and for the surrounding communities. In his Will he deeded the cemetery to the National Christian Missionary Convention of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), it remains, yet today, a non-profit establishment.
1888 seemed to have been a splendid year for Preston. He also embarked upon the undertaking business and met with unbound success. He founded Taylor Funeral Company at 449 Cherry Street (now 4th Avenue.)
The Taylor family lived on the second floor of the two-story brick structure until 1906. Preston stood at the helm of his profession. He then established a casket factory and built his own caskets for his clients and others. He left the Gay Street Church in 1888 and in 1891 established Lea Avenue Christian Church. The newly organized congregation met in a doctor’s office building on Spruce Street (now 8th Avenue). In 1903, under Preston’s direction and personal effort, a new imposing edifice was built on Lea Avenue. During the next forty years Preston pastured the Lea Avenue Church while he successfully managed his business.
Upon the loss of three black firemen in a horrendous fire on January 2, 1892, the bodies were placed in the care of Taylor and company. On January 6, an impressive funeral service was held at the State Capitol. Taylor constructed an ingenious carriage, which allowed the bodies of the three men to rest side-by-side. This was the first and last time that blacks were allowed to have a funeral in the Capitol rotunda.
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Greenwood Cemetery Provides:
Monuments, granite markers and bronze markers
(we deliver anywhere in the United States)
- A variety of silk flowers
- Private Estate Mausoleums
- Raise Funds for your ministry by using the services of Greenwood Cemetery
FOR ALL YOUR MEMORIAL NEEDS – WE HAVE THE MOST AFFORDABLE MARKERS OR MONUMENTS
1428 Elm Hill Pike Nashville TN 37210
Lewis & Wright Funeral Directors
Lewis & Wright Funeral DirectorsBiography
Born in Nashville on October 26, 1944, the first of four children, Richard Allen Lewis, Sr. majored in Business Administration at Tennessee State University. Following graduation from TSU in 1966, he attended the John A. Gupton School of Mortuary Science and earned an Associate’s Degree in Mortuary Science. His father, who died in 1959, owned and operated not only Lewis and Smith Funeral Home, but also Lewis Cab Company. At age nine, Lewis began working as a dispatcher at the taxicab office and later managed the family cab company through his college days. His mother sold her interest in the funeral home in 1960. Upon graduating from mortuary school, Lewis planned to establish himself as a mortician. “But when I looked around and saw that there were 22 Black morticians in the city, I felt that perhaps it was not the time,” he says, “so I thought I would just continue to run my mother’s cab company.” By then there were over two dozen cabs in the fleet, and business was good. After about a year, however, he was getting restless. In 1968, Lewis entered the management training program at a large majority bank in Nashville and went onto become the first Black Business Development officer and branch manager. The last leg of the odyssey was complete when he was assigned to the corporate offices as a commercial lending officer. In 1978, he resigned from the bank to become the Executive Vice President and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Citizens Saving Bank and Trust Company, which, ironically, was located in the building that housed the office from which Lewis was a taxi cab dispatcher. Founded in 1904, Citizens ranks as the second oldest minority owned bank in the nation, Lewis had been on the job only a few days when the bank President died, and less than a week later he was named President. A little over a year later, the Chairman of the Board and grandson of one of the bank’s founders also died, and Lewis, then only 35, took on the additional responsibility of Chairman of the Board. With an aggressive management style and a commitment to the community, Lewis expanded the services of the bank. The bank’s assets had zoomed from approximately $9 million to $34 million when he left the bank in 1984 to devote more attention to his family business, primarily Lewis and Wright Funeral Directors. In the past ten years he has expanded his funeral business, which is now Lewis and Wright Funeral Directors, and opened first a Captain D’s and then later a modern Shoney’s to serve the minority community. He served as Vice Chairman of Tennessee’s State Board of Regents, is a past member of the University School Board of Directors, Girl Scouts of America, Men’s Advisory Board, Small Business Administration Advisory Council, Nashville Crime Stoppers Board of Directors, Tennessee State University Foundation, National and Tennessee Funeral Directors Association, and Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc. A long-time member of Lee Chapel AME Church, Lewis is serving as a church trustee, as well as a former President of 100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee. Behind every successful man there is a woman. In Lewis’ case, his wife, Delores stands and has stood beside him. They have two sons, Richard A., Jr. and Michael A. His mother, Hattie Lewis, continues to have a major influence on his life.
2500 Clarksville Hwy. Nashville TN 37208
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Welcome to New Generation Funeral Home.
Five GOOD reasons to allow New Generation Funeral Home to serve your family…..
1. We focus on families, not profits. We value serving all people regardless of race, religion, or socio-economical status. Our professional services can accomodate any budget with various options to meet your needs.
2. You are not just a client; you are our boss. We don’t loose sight of who we are working for. We provide personalized, customized, traditional or non-traditional services based upon your unique desires and requests.
3. We arrange funerals; we don’t sell them. We recognize that each family has specific and individual needs that require special care during their time of loss.
4. We emphasize meeting families’ needs, not business goals. We provide honest answers to your questions without sales pitches or sales gimmicks.
5. Our services do not end when the funeral ends. We value a life-long relationship of continuous support, encouragement, and care.
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From advanced planning for the inevitable to at-need services during an emotional and difficult time, New Generation is there for you and your family.
If you or someone you know have already taken care of funeral or cremation planning at another funeral home, but would like to transfer to New Generation Funeral Home, we will facilitate that transfer for you at no additional cost to you and answer any questions that you have concerning pre-planning and pre-need insurance.
Feel free to contact Tonya Scales Haynes, Pastor Derrick Jackson, or Jo Anna Kelly 24 hours a day and 7 days a week for all of your funeral and cremation needs at (615) 365-7105.
Additionally, feel free to contact E. Marie Offitt, Tonya Scales Haynes, or Pastor Derrick Jackson 24 hours a day and 7 days a week for all of your pre-need insurance needs at (615) 365-7105.
Tonya Scales Haynes & Pastor Derrick Jackson
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2930 Murfreesboro Pike Antioch TN 37013