Initially- Hendersonville Funeral Home and Memory Gardens was a beautiful place with wonderful memories available. My brother lost his wife due to colon cancer. He selected a place for her to rest under a tree and purchased 5 other plots around her.
My Mother passed away in 2006 from a valiant battle with blood cancer, and we placed her in the Mausoleum and we have one other crypt where I will be placed when my time comes.
A brother passed away suddenly in 2008, and Tom Bowers and his staff there at the funeral home were AMAZING and helped us every step of the way.
When my Father passed away in 2011, I did some preplanning and we had already decided to place him in one of the plots that my brother had purchased all those years earlier. The plot- was 100% paid for.
My Father was a 50+ year Veteran of the US Air Corps, the US Air Force, and lived out his latter years working as a Civilian Contractor at Fort Rucker, Alabama; Minot AFS, North Dakota; and lastly, and Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
His headstone reflects his Veterans status, and was provided in part by the Veterans Administration.
My Father had remarried after my Mother had passed away. Even though made certain decisions for his Estate while he was alive- his wife then had certain responsibilities after his death.
Because of a small balance owed on his funeral, and since his wife signed the paperwork for his funeral- the Memory Gardens REFUSE to place my Dad's headstone. They also refuse to talk to me or my brother, or even TAKE ANY PAYMENT toward the balance of my Dad's funeral.
As such, after spending over $70,000 on funerals, crypts and burial plots over the years- my Father now rests in the UNMARKED GRAVE of a pauper, because of a balance at one time that was under $3,000.00.
The headstone is AT THE CEMETARY in the warehouse- the Memory Gardens simply won't place the marble slab that it sits on until my Dad's widow pays the balance of the service.
Shame on you, Hendersonville Memory Gardens! Shame on you!