Heritage Family of Elizabethton, Tennessee completed a very successful year in 2022. Renee Lockhart, President and Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Family stated, “2022 was the most successful year in the history of our company. Not only did we serve more families than any year before 2022, we entered or expanded our presence in nine different markets with the addition of 34 locations. In 2022 we added 30 new funeral homes, three affordable cremation facilities, and one pet cremation business. The newly acquired locations will serve 4700 families per year. We are proud to be associated with these additional high-quality partners for Heritage. We are equally proud of our at-need and pre-need staff who continually went the extra mile to serve families throughout the year.”
In the second quarter of 2022 Heritage purchased the four Langeland Funeral Homes and a low-cost cremation business in Kalamazoo, MI, the Lancaster Funeral Home in Lancaster, SC and the Wolfe Funeral Home in Fort Mill, SC.
During the third quarter of 2022 Heritage purchased the Click Funeral Homes in Knoxville, TN, the McGill-Click Funeral Home in Loudon, TN, the Costner-Maloy Funeral Home in Newport, TN and the Evergreen Group of funeral homes which consisted of the Lindsey Funeral Home in Paducah, KY and the Smith Funeral Chapel in Smithland, KY, the Cremation Society of North Carolina and the Capital Funeral Home, both located Raleigh, NC, the Gentry-Griffey Funeral Home in Knoxville TN, the Manchester Funeral Home and Coffee County Funeral Home, both located in Manchester TN and Tullahoma Funeral Home located in Tullahoma, TN.
In the fourth quarter of 2022 Heritage purchased the Carlson Funeral Homes in Medina, Brunswick and Garrettsville, OH, Becker Funeral Homes with four locations, the Lane Funeral Homes with eight locations, and the Baumgardner Funeral Homes with two locations, all being located in the Youngstown-Warren, OH metropolitan area.
The company plans to continue its’ growth in 2023 by acquisition as well as organic growth. Heritage Family anticipates serving over 17,000 families through its’ existing funeral homes and cemeteries in 2023.
Heritage Family operates in eleven states with 105 locations consisting of 82 funeral homes, ten cemeteries, nine low-cost cremation facilities and four pet cremation businesses.
For information about joining Heritage Family, contact Richard Tetrick, Director of Corporate Development at (423) 512-1111 or richard@heritagefamily.com .
