Our Staff

Chris & Miriam (Murray) Weaver

Funeral Director / President & Owner

Chris is a 1985 Graduate of Kokomo High School and 1989 Graduate of Mid-America College of Funeral Service.  He enjoys family time and photography.

Chris and his wife Miriam purchased the funeral home's in 2004. Miriam's parents, Richard and Christine Murray owned and operated the funeral homes for over 30 years in Galveston and Walton. Miriam is a graduate of Temple Christian Academy in Kokomo and attended Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga Tennessee.  Chris and Miriam have two daughters and three grandchildren.

Richard & Christine Murray

Dick and Christine, both natives of Flora, Indiana moved to Galveston in 1969 and purchased the funeral home from Darrell Goodier. Dick was a 1958 Graduate of the Indiana College of Mortuary Science. In 1973 they built the current funeral home in Galveston to better serve the community.

Dick retired in 1999 with over 30 years in funeral service.   He went home to be with the Lord November 9, 2017.

Richard Myers

Funeral Director

Dick has been a licensed funeral director since 1960, graduating from the Indiana School of Mortuary Science. Dick has served the families of Kokomo and the sounding areas for 51 years.   Dick is married to Gloria and they have two children, Keith A. Myers and Cynthia Capek and six grandchildren. Dick and Gloria attend First Church of the Nazarene in Kokomo.  Dick is a member of the Howard Masonic Lodge #93 F.&A.M., Kokomo,  Scottish Rite Valley, Murat Temple, Indianapolis and the Kokomo Shrine Club.  He enjoys fishing, hunting and attending his grandkids sporting events.  

James Long

Funeral Service Associate

Rev. Don McDowell

Funeral Service Associate and Continuing Care Minister

Don McDowell is a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University and has been a lead pastor for over 44 years.  In addition, Pastor McDowell has worked in counseling and care support for over 40 years, including grief counseling, funeral assistance, and continuing care ministry.  Pastor McDowell has been a group member of Mourning and Dancing for the past 9 years and has served on the Board of Directors for the past 2 years.   Don is currently leading the congregation at McNeeley Church near Lewisburg, IN

Roger Weaver

Funeral Service Associate

Rich Blackburn

Funeral Service Associate

Rich grew up in Miami County where his parents owned and operated B & B Marathon in Waupecong.  He graduated in the class of 1976 from Maconaquah High School.  He and his wife Theresa are very active members of the Bennetts Switch Community Church in south Miami County where he is currently lay leader and Theresa serves in the children's ministry and teaches Sunday School.