Reflection in the rear windshield of a hearse parked at Whiting’s Funeral Home, an African American-owned business founded in 1932. Whiting’s traces its origins to the casket-making business started by Henry Cooke in 1868, in Richmond VA. Williamsburg, VA. 2017.
Funeral home cosmetologist at work. Garfield, OH, 2021
Funeral home worker tidies before a viewing. Garfield, OH, 2021
Staff at Wilson & Associates Funeral Service transfer flowers to a vehicle for the procession to the cemetery following a funeral service, Richmond, VA. 2022
Visitation (viewing) for Cousin Horace. Williamsburg, VA, 2017
Virginia Morticians Association convention and trade show, Williamsburg, VA, 2017
Funeral director Hari P. Close’s mask in the funeral home’s preparation room. Hari P. Close Funeral Service, Baltimore, MD, 2022
Hari P. Close Funeral Services. Baltimore, MD, 2022
Funeral director Hari P. Close at work building facial tissue. Baltimore, MD. 2022
Employees move caskets in a store room at Lucas Memorial Chapel, Garfield Heights, OH, 2021
Funeral home. Garfield, OH, 2021
Lucas Memorial Chapel. Garfield Heights, OH, 2021
Brothers from Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. wait before paying their respects to William T. Stone at the funeral home Judge Stone took over from his uncle and aunt, McKinley T. and Edna Cooke Whiting. Whiting’s Funeral Home, Williamsburg, VA. 2018
Whiting’s Funeral Home staffers, including family members, adjust the casket of William T. Stone, the African American-owned funeral home’s patriarch, before his homegoing. Williamsburg VA. 2018
Pastor James J. Johnson of Liberty Baptist, Charles City, VA, wipes his forehead after officiating a homegoing service at Wilson & Associates Funeral Service. Richmond, VA. 2022
Whiting’s Funeral Home staff member moves to close hearse door after the homegoing service for William T. Stone, the patriarch of the family-owned business. Williamsburg, VA. 2018
Mardi Gras-themed ball at the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association annual convention. Mobile, AL, 2019
National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association annual convention, New Orleans, LA, 2022
Virginia Morticians Association Convention casket vendors. Williamsburg, VA, 2017
National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association annual convention and exposition, New Orleans, LA, 2022
