By Tammy Moore Teague
Sammy and Melissa Callahan of Waldron opened Heritage Memorial Funeral Home in August 2008. One year later, they added a crematory. This year, they started offering a new service, monuments.
“We began selling monuments several years back, but only recently started producing them in-house,” Melissa explained. “We do everything from design, sandblasting and setting them in the cemetery.” They will also go to the cemetery and do final dates on existing monuments.
“We are a full service funeral home. We strive to meet the needs of all families that we serve in every capacity possible,” she added. “We want to offer more for people to do business locally at affordable prices.”
The Callahan’s have operated their business with great compassion. Once they began producing the headstones, they knew they would want to design and display the Ten Commandments. “It is something we live by daily,” shared Melissa. “It took a little while to find the perfect stone.” Ultimately they did, and the display is truly awe-inspiring.
Heritage Memorial Funeral Home is the only funeral home in Scott County with three licensed funeral directors and a licensed embalmer. They have set themselves apart in this business by offering personalized, professional services at affordable prices.