Locally Owned vs. Chains

Locally-Owned vs. Chains

In today's fast paced world, it is often difficult, if not impossible to know who owns the business you are dealing with. What you may not know is that not all funeral homes are owned by local families. While they may have been operating in your community for years, and their names have not changed, some funeral homes have sold out to national conglomerates.

These funeral conglomerates keep the family name on their businesses because they know that at your greatest time of need you are more likely to turn to a local family you feel you can trust, than a national chain you know nothing about. They are large corporations that are publicly traded on the stock exchange. This makes them responsible to their stockholders and board of directors to grow profits year after year. As a result you end up paying more money and receive less value for your funeral service.

The following is a list of such conglomerates and the funeral homes they are operating in the Chattanooga area.

Carriage Services, Inc. a conglomerate from Houston, Texas owns :

Williamson and Sons Funeral Home

While some Williamson family members are still employed by Carriage, they no longer own or have control of Williamson and Sons Funeral Home.

Lane Funeral Home, Coulter Chapel
Lane Funeral Home, South Crest Chapel

Service Corporation International, of Houston, Texas, the world's largest funeral/cemetery conglomorate chain, owns:

Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, North Chapel
Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, East Chapel
Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, Valley View Chapel
Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, East Brainerd Chapel
Hamilton Memorial Gardens
Chattanooga Memorial Park

Why Our Locally-Owned Funeral Home Is The Right Choice: Legacy Funeral Home and Cremation Center is locally-owned and has a single focus; providing the best quality service and value to our families and friends. We are not governed by a corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas or driven to increase profits for Wall Street stock traders. We know that our success depends upon how we treat each and every family we serve. It is our goal at Legacy Funeral Home and Cremation Center not only to satisfy your needs but to exceed your expectations.

Legacy Funeral Home and Cremation Center is proud to be the only locally-owned funeral home north of the river in Hamilton County.