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COMMITTEE ASSISTANTS
Reverend Willie T. Edmondson
Assistant Chaplain
Lakes Dunson Robertson Funeral Home
201 Hamilton Street | LaGrange, Georgia 30240
T: 706-882-6411 | F: 706-884-6466
Rev. Russell Wright
Assistant Chaplain
Russell Allen Wright Sr. Mortuary
1547 Lisenby Avenue | Panama City, FL 32405
T: 850-640-2077 | F: 850-640 2078
Rev. Ephraim Stevens
Assistant Chaplain
Stephens Funeral Homes LLC
Post Office Box 2316 | Walterboro, SC 29488
T: 843-599-6490 | F: 843-782-6933
Roy A. Goodson, CFSP
Assistant Sergeant-At-Arms
Goodson Funeral Home
830 Noble Street | Anniston, Alabama 36201
T: 205-999-5838 | F: 256-237-6880
Valdus T. Lockhart
Assistant Sergeant-At-Arms
Wiseman Mortuary
431 Cumberland Street | Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301
T: 910-483-7111 | F: 910-483-0336
Pamela J. Higginbotham, CFSP
Assistant Sergeant-At-Arms
Bianchi Funeral Home
3145 Lady Banks Lane | Waldorf, Maryland 20603
Phone: (213) 300-2217 | Fax: (323) 296-1536
Lakeeshire "Ken" Bateaste
Assistant Sergeant-At-Arms
Albert P. Wylie
Assistant Parliamentarian
Wylie Funeral Home
9638 North Gilmore Street | Baltimore, Maryland 21217
T: 410-462-4070 | F: 410-383-6072
Elizabeth D. “Liz” Simmons
Awards & Honors Committee Co-Chair
Simmons Memorial Chapel of Elko
P. O. Box 283 | Elko, South Carolina 29826
T: 803-266-7346 | F: 803-266-2983
James Omar Clea
Student Convention Marshall
Community College of Baltimore County
3507 Melody Lane | Windsor Mill, Maryland 21244
T: 443-413-3168 | F: 443-413-3168
Ramona Ellis
Election Committee Assistant Commissioner
Evergreen Memorial Funeral Home
6449 University Blvd. | Dallas, TX 75241
T: 214-376-1500 | F: 214-376-1523
William O. Betts
By-Laws Committee Co-Chair
Darrell L. Lawrence
Rules & Credentials Committee Co-Chair
Strong & Jones Funeral Home, Inc.
551 West Carolina Street | Tallahassee, Florida 32301
T: 850-224-2139 | F: 850-224-0213
Albert A. Glover, Sr.
Nominating Committee Co-Chair
Albert A. Glover Funeral Home
113 Bryan Street | Summerville, South Carolina 29483
T: 843-871-1528 | F: 843-832-9240
Don Summers
Membership Committee Co-Chair
Edward Calahan
Contracts Committee Co-Chair
Calahan Funeral Home
7030 S. Halsted Street | Chicago, IL 60621
T: 773-723-4400 | F: 773-723-2657
Ozella J. Foster-Robinson, CFSP, CPC
Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Ozella J. Foster Funeral Services
3619 Finney venue | St. Louis, Missouri 63113
T: 314-652-3309 | F: 314-652-3309
Wendy Hellum
Site Selection Committee Co-Chair
J. C. Hellum Funeral Home. Inc.
611 South Highland Avenue | Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Phone: (615) 893-4323 | Fax: (615) 893-2936
Joseph B. “Joe” Cutchins, Jr.
Director of Music-Emeritus
Cutchins Funeral Home
P. O. Box 418 | Franklinton, North Carolina 27525
Phone: (919) 494-2262 | Fax: (919) 494-5104
Carlton C. Douglass, CPC
Public Relations Commission Assistant Commissioner
Carlton C. Douglass Funeral Service
9 Pomona North, Apt. 8 | Pikesville, Maryland 21208
T: 410-669-1738 | Fax: 410-664-6802
Dr. Christal Whitfield
Assistant Director of Music
Arrington Funeral Home, Inc.
2636 Bush Boulevard | Birmingham, Alabama 35208
T: 205-787-8724 | F: 205-786-0637
Timothy E. Kitchens
Assistant Director of Music
Timothy E. Kitchens Funeral Home
1102 Northwest 2nd Street | Delray Beach, Florida 33444
T: 561-856-6637 | F: 561-278-4094
Mary Burton Curry
Youth Activities Committee Co-Chair
Ross Clayton Funeral Home, Inc.
4232 Gateway Drive | Montgomery, Alabama 36108
T: 334-284-7075 | F: 334-262-3898
Braxton Turner
NFDMA, Inc. 40 and Under Funeral Directors Committee Co-Chair
Ledford Funeral Home, Inc.
929 S. Clinton Avenue | Trenton, NJ 08611
T: 609-393-4567 | F: 609-393-4568
Bishop Clarence E. H. Glover
NAYE-Founder House of Glover Funeral Service
Talitha A. Thomas, CFSP
NAYE Chair-Emeritus
Beasley Funeral Home, Inc.
22 Saluda Fern Court | Greenville, South Carolina 29611
T: 864-525-4742 | F: 864-246-5915
Howard C. Burton
NFDMA Building Committee Co-Chair
McKenzie’s Funeral Home
P. O. Box 830088 | Tuskegee, Alabama 36083-0088
T: 334-727-1750 | F: 334-727-9157
Arlillian Kate Bushelon
Social Media Committee Co-Chair
Aubrey Bushelon Funeral Directing & Cremation
508 McMillion Avenue, Southwest Birmingham, Alabama 35211
T: 205-956-8388 | F: 205-956-8308
Venus N.R. Smith
Education Commission Assistant Commissioner
DuPree Funeral Home
Jefferson State Community College
2601 Carson Rd. | Birmingham, AL 35215
T: 205-243-4671 | F: 205-856-7804