Jim
started with Owen Funeral Home in 1955 immediately after graduating
from Portland Christian High School. He graduated from Kentucky
School of Embalming in 1956 and remained at Owen Funeral Home until
1964. At that time he felt he needed more time with his young family
and left to pursue other interests.
In 1973 while living in Lexington, KY., Jim earned
his property and casualty insurance license. He later added a life
insurance license and returned to Owen Funeral Home in 1983. Concentrating
on pre-need, the life insurance license did not go to waste and
Jim became the Pre-Need Director for Owen Funeral Home. In 1995,
ForeThought Life Insurance inducted Jim into their Circle of Excellence
for $1,000,000 in sales for the preceding year.
Jim and his wife of forty-eight years, have two daughters,
Susan and Larissa. Susan is a chaplain in the U. S. Army Reserve
and currently holds the rank of Major. Larissa is married and the
proud mother of Jim's granddaughter, Alexis Blake. He and Joyce
are very active in their church, Southeast Christian Church.
Owen Funeral Home received the National
Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) Pursuit of Excellence Eagle award
for outstanding community service, professional integrity and dynamic
public relations programs...(more)
Jim
started with Owen Funeral Home in 1955 immediately after graduating
from Portland Christian High School. He graduated from Kentucky
School of Embalming in 1956 and remained at Owen Funeral Home until
1964. At that time he felt he needed more time with his young family
and left to pursue other interests.
