Disciplinary Actions
Disciplinary Actions
Disciplinary actions taken by the Board since January 1, 2018 are listed below.
2024
January
- In the Matter of First Family Funeral & Cremation Service Inc. and Ebony Kirsha Garner (C23-0036, C23-0043, M23-0057)
- In the Matter of Akridge Services, LLC d/b/a Akridge Family Funeral Case and Brandon Tyrone Akridge (C23-0095)
- In the Matter of Bruce D. Martin, Jr. and Long House Funeral Home Incorporated (M23-0060)
February
- In the Matter of Ebony Kirsha Garner (C23-0036, C23-0043, M23-0057)
- In the Matter of Shaun Cacedric Jones d/b/a S. Jones Funerals and Cremations and Shaun Cacedric Jones (M23-0050)
March 2024
- In the Matter of Monroe Mortuary Services, LLC and Benjamin Whitlock (C23-0047, C23-0069)
- In the Matter of Neddo Watkins, Inc. d/b/a Lowe-Neddo Funeral Home and Michael J. Neddo (M23-0047)
April 2024
- In the Matter of Charles Mortuary, Inc. d/b/a Cofield Mortuary and Bettie Grace Cofield (M23-0058)
June 2024
- In the Matter of Thompson’s Funeral Home, Inc. (R24-0007)
August 2024
- In the Matter of Walker’s Funeral Home of Chapel Hill, Inc. (M24-0010)
- In the Matter of Walker’s Funeral Home of Hillsborough, Inc. and Walker’s Funeral Home of Mebane, Inc. (M24-0011 / M24-0012)
2023
March
April
- In the Matter of Mills Funeral Home, Inc., Craig Randolph Mills, Haskins Memorial Services, Inc. and Leander Robert Morgan, Jr. (C22-0081, C22-0091, C22-0093)
May
June
- In the Matter of Charles C. Hodges, Jr. d/b/a C.C. Hodges Funeral Service and Charles C. Hodges Jr. (M23-0030)
- In the Matter of L.E. Floyd Funeral Home Inc d/b/a L.E. Floyd Funeral Home and Cremations and Clinton Evans Simpson (M23-0031)
- In the Matter of Ulysses D. Miller Funeral Service, LLC and Ulysses D. Miller (M23-0032)
August
- In the Matter of Blake Phillips Funeral Home LLC and Vernon Blake Phillips (C23-0006)
- In the Matter of Beach River Funeral Home, LLC (M23-0034)
- In the Matter of H.D. Pope Funeral Homes, Inc. and Zelma P. Green Stith (C22-0106)
- In the Matter of Blakely’s Funeral & Cremation Service, LLC and Henry Lee Chandler (M22-0031, M22-0052)
- In the Matter of Betts & Son Funeral Home, Inc. and William Oliver Betts (M20-0045,M21-0064, M22-0051)
September
- In the Matter of William Harvey Knotts, II d/b/a Nelson Funeral Service and William Harvey Knotts, II (M21-0095, M23-0010)
- In the Matter of Cunningham Mortuary and Cremations, Inc., Metropolitan Crematorium, Inc., and Deborah P. Cunningham (M23-0003 / M23-0004)
December
- In the Matter of Harvesting Hope Inc. d/b/a Hope Valley Hawkins Funeral Service & Cremation and Paul Thomas Ayers Hawkins (C23-0082)
- In the Matter of James F. Johnson & Sons, Inc. d/b/a Johnson & Sons Funeral Home, Barbara Lindsey Johnson, and Willie Sylvester Meadows (M22-0017, C23-0035)
2022
January
February
- In the Matter of Regional Orlanda Pruitt d/b/a Pruitt Funeral Home, Regional Orlanda Pruitt, and Russell T. Costner (M21-0010)
- In the Matter of Williams & Ashford Funeral Directors and Cremations LLC and Dandrell D’ante Williams (C21-0067/M21-0089)
- In the Matter of Carron’s Funeral Home, LLC and Carla King Horne (C21-0083/M21-0094)
March
- In the Matter of Roberts Funeral Service, Inc. and Anthony B. Roberts (M21-0099)
April
- In the Matter of Thomie D. Douthit d/b/a Douthit Funeral Services and Thomie Douthit (M22-0005)
- In the Matter of Congleton Funeral Home and Cremations, Inc. and James Samuel Congleton, Jr. (C21-0132/M22-0004)
- In the Matter of Charles, Banks, and Gregory, LLC d/b/a E.F. Drum Funeral Home (M22-0014)
May
- In the Matter of Thaddies Lewis Butler d/b/a Butler Funeral Chapel and Thaddies Lewis Butler d/b/a Butler Funeral Home & Chapels (C21-0038)
June
- In the Matter of James F. Johnson & Sons, Inc. d/b/a Johnson & Sons Funeral Home and Barbara Lindsey Johnson (M22-0017)
- In the Matter of Susanne Blair d/b/a Memorial Funeral Service and Susanne Blair (C21-0131)
July
August
- In the Matter of Mercedes’ Funeral Mansion and Cremation Services, LLC and Mercedes Fornay (M21-0105)
September
- In the Matter of Franklin O. Hanes d/b/a Hanes Funeral Service and Franklin O. Hanes (M21-0104)
- In the Matter of Gilliam Memorial Mortuary, Inc. and Janice Ray Owens (M21-0107)
- In the Matter of Dirk Malcolm Thompson d/b/a Dirk M. Thompson Mortuary and Dirk Malcolm Thompson (M22-0015)
October
November
- In the Matter of Thomie D. Douthit d/b/a Douthit Funeral Services and Thomie D. Douthit (M22-0005)
December
2021
January
- In the Matter of Purcell Funeral Home & Cremation Service, LLC (C20-0024)
February
- In the Matter of Mills Funeral Home, Inc. and Gary Franklin Nobles (C20-0067)
April
- In the Matter of Rachels Family Funeral Home, LLC and Melissa Lenore Rachels (M21-0001)
- In the Matter of Beach River Funeral Home, LLC (M21-0025)
May
- In the Matter of Carolina Cremation Services, LLC d/b/a Carolina Cremation Center
(R21-0025, M21-0014, C20-0064)
- In the Matter of Lori’s Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Raleigh, Lori Chappell Green Washington, Cutchins Family Mortuary & Cremations, and Joseph Benjamin Cutchins, Jr.
(C20-0087, C20-0088)
- In the Matter of Phillips Funeral Service, Inc. and Arnold Phillips
(C21-0010, M21-0026)
- In the Matter of Blakely’s Funeral & Cremation Service, LLC (M21-0034)
June
- In the Matter of Stephen Carraway, III d/b/a Albritton-Carraway Funeral Home and Stephen Carraway, III (M21-0009)
July
- In the Matter of Bass-Smith Funeral Home, Inc. (C21-0024)
August
- In the Matter of Stonemor North Carolina Funeral Services, Inc. d/b/a Montlawn Memorial Park Funerals & Cremations (C20-0047)
September
- In the Matter of Bridgers Funeral Home, Inc. and Robert Lewis Bridgers (C20-0057)
October
- In the Matter of Mills Funeral Home, Inc. and Craig Randolph Mills (C20-0067/M21-0058/C21-0050)
- In the Matter of Patricia Burrus Williams (M21-0078)
- In the Matter of Mildred Randolph, Inc. d/b/a Leon Randolph Funeral Home and Mildred Keyes Randolph (M21-0079)
November
- In the Matter of Brown’s Mutual Burial Association of Greensboro, Inc. d/b/a Brown’s MBA and Charles Eugene Coote, Jr. (M21-0081)
- In the Matter of Stonemor North Carolina Funeral Services, Inc. d/b/a Pollock-Best Funeral Home (M21-0101)
December
- In the Matter of Thos. Shepherd & Son, Inc., Shepherd Memorial Park, Inc., Thomas Redmond Shepherd, and Melody Holmes Shepherd (C19-0034, C19-0041, C20-033, C20-0038, C20-0040, C20-0084, C20-0090, C21-0011, C21-0056, M20-0111) and
(SUPPLEMENTAL: C19-0034, C19-0041, C20-033, C20-0038, C20-0040, C20-0084, C20-0090, C21-0011, C21-0056, M20-0111)
2020
June
- In the Matter of Dignity Funeral Services, Inc. d/b/a Forest Lawn Funeral Home and Paul Melton Luck (C19-0065)
- In the Matter of Brunswick Funeral Service, Inc. d/b/a Brunswick Funeral Service Memorial Gardens (Funeral Establishment Nos. 410 and 517) (C19-0062)
August
- In the Matter of Alpha & Omega Funeral Services, Inc. d/b/a New Beginning Funeral Home & Cremation (C18-0046, C20-0005)
- In the Matter of Aldridge Holdings, LLC d/b/a Southern Piedmont Cremation Service (C20-0028)
- In the Matter of GRM Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Massey Funeral Home and George Rigsby Massey, III (C19-0073, M20-0058)
- In the Matter of Herring Funeral Care & Cremations, LLC, and Sharon Arlene Worrell (M20-0011)
- In the Matter of Friendship Mutual Burial Association, Inc., and Kema Mainor Boney (M20-0020)
September
- In the Matter of Blackwell Funeral Home, Inc., Faiger M. Blackwell, Sr., and Faiger Megrea Blackwell, II (M15-0043 and M20-0025)
- In the Matter of Monroe Mortuary Services, LLC and Carletta Mungo Foster (C20-0001)
October
- In the Matter of R. H. Greene Funeral Home and Nathaniel G. Yarborough (C19-0022)
- In the Matter of A.E. Grier & Sons Funeral & Cremation, LLC, Arthur E. Grier, III, and Arthur Eugene Grier, Jr. (M20-0041)
November
- In the Matter of Claude E. Willie, III and C.E. Willie Funeral & Cremation Services, Inc. (M20-0122)
- In the Matter of Beach Rivers Funeral Home, LLC (C20-0021/M20-0057)
December
2019
January
- In the Matter of Stallings Funeral Home, Stallings Memorial Chapel and Darryl Stallings (M16-0047, M18-0010)
- In the Matter of Nelson Funeral Service and William Harvey Knotts, II (M18-0013)
- In the Matter of Gilliam Memorial Mortuary, Inc. and Janice Ray Owens (M18-0049)
- In the Matter of Rosadale Funeral Parlor, Inc. and Brandon Frederick (C18-0006)
February
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In the Matter of Whitfield and Whitley Funeral Home and Essie Mae McCarter (M18-0012)
2018
February
- In the Matter of Mills Funeral Home, Inc. and Clemonte Mills (M17-031)
March
- In the Matter of Howell Funeral Service, Inc. and Donald Rierson (M17-035)
- In the Matter of Howell Funeral Services of Pilot Mountain, Inc. d/b/a Howell-Nelson Funeral Service & Crematory and Ralph D. Howell, Sr. M17-045, C17-057, and C17-063)
- In the Matter of Lewis-Bowen Funeral Home and Jeffery W. Lewis (M15-027)
April
- In the Matter of Faiger Megrea Blackwell (M15-043)
- In the Matter of Lawrence Jackson Funeral Home, Lawrence Jackson, III, Lawrence Jackson III Chapel, and Jackson Mutual Burial Association (M16-057)
May
- In the Matter of Faiger Megrea Blackwell (M15-043)
- In the Matter of Heather Nicole Tallent (T18-001)
- In the Matter of Stokes Mutual Burial Association, and Marian Sherrod Lewis (M16-045)
June
- In the Matter of W. H. Whitley & Sons. d/b/a Whitley’s Funeral Home and, David E. Whitley (M18-004)
- In the Matter of Hart Funeral Service, Inc. and Darryl J. Hart (M17-038; C17-070)
August
- In the Matter of Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, P. Alex Lee, Harold Hill, and James S. Lee (M17-036, M17-040, M17-048)
- In the Matter of Carolina Mortuary Service & Cremation, Inc. and Benjamin A. Bellante (C17-060, P17-042)
- In the Matter of Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Cumby Family Funeral Service (C17-082)
September
- In the Matter of Marcus D. Miller (M18-021)
November
- In the Matter of Thos. Shepherd & Son, Inc., Shepherd Memorial Park, Inc., and Thomas R. Shepherd (C18-0001)
- In the Matter of Howell Funeral Services of Pilot Mountain, Inc. d/b/a Howel-Nelson Funeral Service & Crematory and Ralph D. Howell, Sr. (M17-045, C17-057, C17-063, M18-032, C18-026, C18-040, C18-041, C18-044, C18-045)
- In the Matter of Williford Funeral Home and Alvis Thomas Williford, Jr. (M18-036)
- In the Matter of Williford Funeral Home and Alvis Thomas Williford, Jr. (M18-036)
- In the Matter of CE Willie Funeral & Cremation Services and Claude E. Willie (M17-043, C18-035)
- In the Matter of Butler Funeral Home (C17-084)
- In the Matter of Kenneth Scott Hopman (M18-0059)
- In the Matter of Tribute Cremation Society, LLC, Brian Michael Van Heck, and Gregory Parker Leonard (C18-0008, M17-0026; C18-0008, M17-0026)
- In the Matter of Cremation Society of Charlotte, Inc., Boston’s Mortuary, Clarence J. Boston, Donnica A. Boston, and Shelesceyah C. McConnell (M17-025; M17-025)
December
- In the Matter of Fulton Mutual Burial Association (M18-065)
