HFDMA

our history

Initially, the Association held meetings in the homes of its members. In the early 1940s (war time), meetings were held very infrequently due to the gasoline shortage. After the war, the membership increased, and the Association broadened its horizons. The Independent Funeral Directors of Texas, Inc. was already formed at the time. When L. Walton of Houston became the President of the Independent Funeral Directors of Texas, Inc., he brought the Houston Funeral Directors and Morticians Association into the Texas association. 

 In later years, the Houston Funeral Directors and Morticians Association became a member of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., which mandated that in order to become a member, an applicant had also to be a member of their local and state association. 

our officers

President – Robert L. Barnes, CFSP, CFSGM
Vice President –  Michael Jones, CFSP
Secretary –  Ronnie W. Buggs, II, CFSP, CFSGM
Treasurer- Ariana L. Harris – Nonette, CFSP
Assistant Secretary – Angela Moore
Sergeant-at-arms – Clarence Bennett
Parliamentarian – William Russo
Chaplin – Rev. Tyrone Colbert, III
Financial Secretary – Alex Southwell