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. In 2007 Carriage Services reported total revenue of over $167.82 million dollars of which the president Melvin Payne earned $1.17 million dollars.
So what is the benefit for Todd County? All the money that is spent at Latham Funeral Home is sent to Houston, Texas. As a result you end up paying more money and receive less value for your funeral service. Carriage Services, Inc. a conglomerate from Houston, Texas owns 139 funeral homes and 32 cemeteries nationally.
Latham Funeral Home
While some former owners are still present they are employed by Carriage Services, they no longer own or have control of the funeral home, simply put they manage the day to day operations of the funeral home. All major decisions are made in Houston, Texas.
We encourage you to do the research. You can visit the corporate web site at
www.carriageservices.com and search the site map and see the locations they own in our area. You can also check the stock market and research the financial gains and corporate pay scale by using stock symbol CSV.
Why Our Locally-Owned Funeral Homes Are The Right Choice
Todd County & Cook - Webb Funeral Homes are locally-owned and have 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 the Todd County and Cook - Webb Funeral Homes not only to satisfy your needs but to exceed your expectations.
Todd County & Cook - Webb Funeral Homes are proud to be the ONLY locally owned funeral homes in Todd County.