Shackelford Funeral Directors began operation in Savannah, Tennessee, in October of 1926 with the opening of a funeral home by Robert Earnest and Loura Paisley Shackelford. The only funeral home in Hardin County, it was located in a store building in downtown Savannah, approximately one-half block east of the courthouse on the south side of Main Street. The following year, the Shackelford Burial Association was established. This effort to provide a low cost means of paying for funerals benefited both the public and the funeral director and proved extremely successful. The business in Savannah was operated by R. E. Shackelford until his death in 1936, at which time Loura became the active manager. She remained so until 1955, only five years before her death in 1960, and oversaw the movement of the business to a partially new, partially remodeled building on the northwest corner of Main and Church Streets in 1939. Upon her retirement in 1955, her grandson, R. P. Shackelford, Jr. became the manager of Shackelford Funeral Directors of Savannah. It was under his guidance that a new building was built and occupied at 450 North Church Street in 1978. - Shackelford Funeral Directors.
Shackelford Funeral Directors began operation in Savannah, Tennessee, in October of 1926 with the opening of a funeral home by Robert Earnest and Loura Paisley Shackelford. The only funeral home in Hardin County, it was located in a store building in downtown Savannah, approximately one-half block east of the courthouse on the south side of Main Street. The following year, the Shackelford Burial Association was established. This effort to provide a low cost means of paying for funerals benefited both the public and the funeral director and proved extremely successful. The business in Savannah was operated by R. E. Shackelford until his death in 1936, at which time Loura became the active manager. She remained so until 1955, only five years before her death in 1960, and oversaw the movement of the business to a partially new, partially remodeled building on the northwest corner of Main and Church Streets in 1939. Upon her retirement in 1955, her grandson, R. P. Shackelford, Jr. became the manager of Shackelford Funeral Directors of Savannah. It was under his guidance that a new building was built and occupied at 450 North Church Street in 1978. - Shackelford Funeral Directors.
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