Purpose of the Mississippi Funeral Directors Association

The Mississippi Funeral Directors Association was formed to cultivate and promote the art and science of funeral directing and embalming: to elevate and sustain the professional character and education of the funeral directors and embalmers; to encourage among them mutual improvement, social interaction and good will and to the necessity and desirability of enacting and enforcing proper ,just and uniform laws pertaining to funeral directing and embalming in the State of Mississippi.

The Foundation

The Mississippi Funeral Directors Association exists to grant educational opportunities for Mississippi students and encourage education in the funeral service profession.

The Foundation has been formed as a partnership with the Mississippi Funeral Directors Association. The foundation is committed to promoting academic excellence by providing additional resources and opportunities for improving the quality of education in the funeral service profession. The foundation is a 501-C(3) organization and all donations are tax-deductible.

Foundation Board of Directors

President

Butch Wright

Wright's Funeral Home

Secretary-Treasurer

Greg Moore

Moore Funeral Home

Board

Barney Nowell

Chad Riemann

Jason Wilcox

MFDA President - Hunter Jordan

MFDA President Elect - Greg Pegues


Mississippi Funeral Directors Association
2010-2011 Board of Directors

President

Greg Pegues

W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors

P.O. Box 1488

Tupelo, MS 38802

P: 662-842-4872

F: 662-842-9224

President Elect

David Ainsworth

Memory Chapel Inc.

P.O. Box 674

Laurel MS 39441

P: 601-428-5235

F: 601-428-7217

First Vice President

Bill Chancellor

Chancellor Funeral Home

P.O. Box 1066

Florence MS 39073

P: 601-845-4449

F: 601-845-4660

Second Vice President

Beth Rosson

Waller Funeral Home

P. O. Box 1200

Oxford, MS 38655

P: 662-234-7971

F: 662-234-3090

Secretary-Treasurer

Ladd Pulliam

Heritage Funeral Home

P.O. Box 519

Escatawpa MS 39552

P: 228-475-9861

F: 228-475-0183

Past President

Hunter Jordan

Jordan Funeral Home

P.O. Box 652

Kosciusko, MS 39090

P: 662-289-5521

F: 662-289-9243

Northern District Governor

Billy Curl

Lee Memorial Funeral Home

P.O. Box 1180

Verona, MS 38879

P: 662-566-1127

F: 662-566-8769

Northern District Governor

Gene Phillips

Brantley Funeral Home

P.O. Box 248

Olive Branch, MS 38654

P: 662-895-2310

F: 662-895-0443

Central District Governor

Larry Massey

Nowell-Massey Funeral Home

P.O. Box 388

Louisville, MS 39339

P: 662-773-3501

F: 662-773-3588

Central District Governor

Sandra Chancellor

Chancellor Funeral Home

P. O. Box 720457

Byram, MS 39272

P: 601-372-2955

F: 601-373-8925

Southern District Governor

Joe Hutchins

Saulters-Moore Funeral Homes, Inc.

P. O. Box 457

Prentiss, MS 39474

P: 601-792-4229

F: 601-792-4220

Southern District Governor

Kippy Lang

Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes

15452 O'Neal Road

Gulfport, MS 39502

P: 228-831-2322

F: 228-831-8806

NFDA Policy Board Representative

A. Wendell Stringer

Stringer Family Funeral Services

P.O. Box 431

Crystal Springs, MS 39059

P: 601-892-1521

F: 6601-892-3640