Our Professional Staff
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Angela Stuart
Steven Wight
Jeff Bottom
Phil George
Ronda Garner
Christian Blake Mitchell
Dale Mitchell
Jeanette Rich
Angela Stuart
Angela was born and raised in Ardmore. She attended the University of Alabama in Huntsville and worked for 15 years at the U.S. Army Missle Command on Redstone Arsenal. She began working in the funeral profession in 1991 and has been a licensed funeral director in the state of Alabama since 1996 and in the state of Tennessee since September of 2000. She is a member of the Civitan Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and the First United Methodist Church of Ardmore. She is married to Woody Stuart and has two daughters, Donna and Stefanie.
Steven E. Wight
Steven was born and raised in Madison County, Alabama. He graduated from Randolph School in Huntsville, AL in 1984. He has attended John C. Calhoun Jr. College, Martin Methodist College, Athens State College, and Jefferson State College. He has a Bachelor of Science in Education (Math) and an Associate in Applied Science Degree in Funeral Service Education. He moved to the Ardmore community in 1986 as a United Methodist pastor. He has also taught school here in the Ardmore area. He is a licensed Funeral director in both Alabama and Tennessee, and a licensed Embalmer in the state of Alabama. He has worked in the funeral profession since 1991. He is a member of the Ardmore Lion's Club and a past president of the Ardmore AL/TN Chamber of Commerce. He is married to Marlon Clem Wight and has two children; Wesley,10, and Nathan,7.
Jeffery S. Bottom
Jeff is a native of Limestone County, Alabama. He graduated from Ardmore High School in 1971. He has attended John C. Calhoun Jr. College and Jacksonville State College. He has worked for the Ardmore Police Department and the Limestone County Sherriff's Department where he also became an investigator. Besides his career in law enforcement, he has also owned a convenience store here in Ardmore. He has also worked in real estate and insurance sales. He began working in the funeral profession in 1982. He became a Tennessee licensed funeral director in 1989 and a licensed funeral director in the state of Alabama in 2002. He is a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church, the Professional Car Society, and the National Funeral Directors Association. He is married to Nancy Nichols Bottom and has one daughter, Westella.
Phil George
Phil was born in Giles County, Tennessee, on February 26, 1936. He graduated from Elkton High School in 1954. He is a graduate of Draughons Business College and the American Institute of Banking. He returned to Delrose, Tennessee, after retiring from the banking and funeral industries in Nashville, Tennessee. He became a licensed Funeral Director in the state of Alabama in 2008.
Ronda Garner
Ronda is a native of Ardmore, Alabama. A 1973 graduate of Ardmore High School, she received a bachelor's degree in Business Education and English. She received her master's Degree and AA from the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama. She is currently in her 23
rd
year of teaching with the Limestone County School System at Ardmore High School.
She is married to Glen Garner who also teaches at Ardmore High School. They attend the Sandlin Road Church of Christ in Elkmont, Alabama.
Christian Blake Mitchell
Blake is a 2007 Graduate of Ardmore High School. He is attending Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Alabama. He is a member of First Baptist Church in Ardmore, Alabama.
Dale Mitchell
Lonnie Dale Mitchell is a native of North Alabama. He was born in Athens, Alabama and graduated from Ardmore High School in 1966. He attended Tennessee Temple University and has been the pastor of Parkview Baptist Church in Ardmore, Alabama for the past 20+ years. He is married to Shirley Faye Mitchell and has two sons, Jamie and Jeremy and one daughter Tonya Faulk. He also has six grandchildren.
Jeanette Rich
Jeanette was born in Pulaski, TN. She lived in Elkton, TN from age 2 until 1964 when she moved to Ardmore, AL. She is a 1965 graduate of Elkton High School. After 29 years of working for the US Army, she retired from the USA Space and Strategic Defense Command, Huntsville, AL in 1993. She is also a videographer and licensed insurance agent. Jeanette is a member and the pianist at Union Hill Baptist Church, Ardmore, TN, President of the Ardmore AL/TN Civitan Club, President of the Elkton High School Alumni Association and Executive Director of the Ardmore AL/TN Chamber of Commerce. She joined Ardmore Memorial in April 1992 as a Pre-Need Specialist. She has two daughters, Daphne and Suzie, and five grandchildren.