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Ralph Bishop

Jacksonville,AL

Summary

Dedicated Funeral Director and Embalmer with 35 year's experience and talent for consoling bereaved families. Excellent leadership skills promoting the highest quality in care and service. Goal oriented individual whose confidence, perseverance, high standards, and vision promotes organizational skills. Ready to lead team to the utmost standard in funeral industry. This career is a calling and not taken lightly. Not only are the required skills possessed, but also the respect and compassion necessary for this line of work.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Funeral Director and Embalmer

Gray Brown Service Mortuary (SCI)
Anniston, AL
01.1998 - Current
  • Displayed highest level of professionalism and sensitivity when dealing with grieving family members.
  • Maintained adequate preservation and presentation through embalming and grooming.
  • Completed death certificates, burial permits and other legal documents for families.
  • Supported grieving loved ones through difficult time and aided with details such as obituary notice wording.
  • Arranged funeral/memorial services for grieving families to meet budget and memorialized instructions.

Funeral Director and Embalmer

K. L. Brown Funeral Home
Jacksonville, AL
06.1987 - 01.1998
  • Promoted funeral service merchandise such as caskets, urns, outer burial containers and flowers.
  • Liaised between hospitals, physicians, county coroner and members of clergy to coordinate final arrangements.
  • Arranged funeral/memorial services for grieving families to meet budget and memorialized instructions.
  • Performed embalming procedures and updated case study reports.
  • Displayed highest level of professionalism and sensitivity when dealing with grieving family members.
  • Completed death certificates, burial permits and other legal documents for families.

Education

Associate of Applied Science - Funeral Service And Mortuary Science

Jefferson State Community College
Birmingham, AL
1993

Skills

  • Critical and Analytical Thinking
  • Excellent Communication Skills
  • Creative Solutions
  • Dedicated to Serving Families
  • Interpersonal Skill Development
  • Quality Control Procedures
  • Strong Ethical and Moral Standards
  • Excellent Embalming and Cosmetology Skills
  • Family Counseling
  • Strong Sense of Teamwork and Driven to Excell
  • Budgeting and Cost Control
  • Microsoft Excel

Timeline

Funeral Director and Embalmer

Gray Brown Service Mortuary (SCI)
01.1998 - Current

Funeral Director and Embalmer

K. L. Brown Funeral Home
06.1987 - 01.1998

Associate of Applied Science - Funeral Service And Mortuary Science

Jefferson State Community College

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