*Note: All background pictures throughout our website are historical family photographs.
Our Staff
Rick Ferguson: Owner/Funeral Director
Rick has been a licensed funeral director/embalmer since 1986, beginning with family owned funeral businesses in Illinois. He has also been employed in the corporate funeral industry for many years, as an area Vice President, bringing both a personal and professional background to Seymour. He served as manager of Burkholder's from 2002 until the purchase in 2004. He and Linda have been married since 1970. Their family includes two sons: Jayson, married to Ellen, and Benjamin, married to Kimberly. They have 5 grandchildren: Brooklyn, Alex and Jaycob who live in Illinois and Matthew and Emma who live in Virginia. Rick is an active member of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association, serving as Secretary/Treasurer. Rick is also a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and sings with the Lutheran Men's Chorus.
Linda Ferguson: Owner/Preneed Specialist
Linda is a retired registered nurse and has worked with Rick in the funeral business for 20 years. Besides assisting with families, Linda is a pre-planning counselor. A 2003 graduate of the Hixson School of Professional Floral design, Linda also runs the day to day operations of Coach Door Designs; a floral design center located within the facility and specializes in lasting silk floral tributes. She and Rick are members of Immanuel Lutheran Church and she is active in the Kiwanis Club of Seymour, where she served as President for 2005-2006. Linda also serves on the Seymour Main Street Association Board and the Advisory Board of Covered Bridge Health Campus. Linda's favorite job is being "Grammy" to their five grandchildren.
Jonathan Pace: Embalmer/Funeral Director
Jon was the manager of this firm for several years until he started his own prep service in 2002. He takes pride in his skills as an embalmer and is very talented. Jon and his wife, Erin, are active in their church, Apostolic Pentecostal Tabernacle, which they have attended since 2000. Both Jon and Erin are youth leaders and keep busy with Home Friendship Groups and Bible Studies. Jon loves to coach basketball and teach Bible Class for Seymour Christian Academy. In his leisure time, he loves to play golf and basketball. Jon is the father of three daughters, Josie, Jonelle and Jenna, who keep him very busy.
Jim Hudson, Prearrangement Counselor
Jim is a retired ordained Minister in the Church of the Nazarene. Jim served in the United States Navy and while in the Navy was a member of the Navy Blue Jacket Choir. He served aboard the USS Long Beach and was attached to the Commander in Chief, US Atlantic Fleet Headquarters. He has been preaching for the past 47 years and has pastored several congregations in Texas, Indiana and Florida. He and his wife Diane have 5 children and 8 grandchildren. Jim as been a member of the District Advisory Board, Secretary of the Credentials Board, Zone Chairman and has served communities in the capacity of secretary-treasurer and president of local ministerial associations. Presently he is serving as a teaching pastor for Calvary Community Fellowship Nazarene Church. He attended Old Dominion University in Norfolk,VA and the University of Tennessee in Nashville,TN and is a graduate of Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, TN with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology with a minor in religion.
Part Time Staffers
We couldn't help the families as we do without our part-time staff members. They are:
- Ben Higginbotham
- Brian Higginbotham
- Doug Nichols
- Mike Bequeret
- Beth Hadley, Staff Hairdresser,
- Virginia Earnest, Staff Organist