Mid-America College of Funeral Service

Convention Activities

Mid-America College of Funeral Service goes to State Funeral Directors Conventions
INDIANA Funeral Directors Association Invites Mid-America College Mortuary Students to their
126th Annual Convention - "Acing Your Profession"
Funeral Dirctors Association of KENTUCKY Host Mid-America College Mortuary Students for their
124th Annual Convention - "Finish First." This is the second largest State Funeral Trade Show
in the nation.
Kentucky State Board Review
Golf Scramble Photos

Mid-America College of Funeral Service Hosts National Conventions
Welcome Reception for American Board of Funeral Service Education
Annual American Board of Funeral Service Education Awards Luncheon
Welcome Reception for funeral service educators and other guests
Kentuckiana Hoedown

Indiana Funeral Directors Association Invites Mid-America College Mortuary Students to their 126th Annual Convention - "Acing Your Profession"

Thursday, June 8, 2006 our mortuary students were treated to admission on the exhibit floor and two afternoon seminars by Karrie Howard, Indiana Organ Procurement Organization entitled "Every Body Needs Somebody Sometimes, Finding the Common Good in Organ and Tissue Donation and Forensic Reconstruction by Sandi Mays. Our college would like to give a big thank you to Executive Director Curtis D. Rostad, CFSP and their staff for their hospitality.

TIM LICHLYTER KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1978	ANN MOSTER MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1988	JOE NEWMAN MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SEVICE FALL 2003

ERIC POWELL MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1992	JOSH WEBB MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2000	RYAN GODD MID-AMRICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1995

ROGER D. NAY MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1986	BEN DIABING INDIANA COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE 1957	MICHAEL GASPER INDIANA COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1980

TERRY L. PENNICK MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1977	DEMETRIUS ARMOUR KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1975	VINCE SMITH MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2003

LINDA L. EGLEN MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1989	RODGER MEYER MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1984	MELROY ERVIN INDIANA COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE 1975

BRIAN JEWELL MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1995	GUY L. MILLER, III INDIANA COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE 1953	GREG BETZ MID-AMERICA COLLEFE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1981

CHAD QUALKENBUSH MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2002	MATTHEW FREDRICK MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2003	QUINCEY WEBSTER MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2002

DARRELL F. HOLTZCLAW INDIANA COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1978	CHRISTOPHER A. BROWN MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1996	ERIC BELL MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 2001

CHARLES E. TABER INDIANA COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE 1961	NATHAN McCULLOUGH MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVCE SPRING 1998	DAVID McWHORTER MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1996

MICHAEL R. JOHNSON MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 2004	DONALD A. KUBAC KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1972	D. MARK ADAMS MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1986

DICK KOSCHNICK MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1983	JASON MATTHEWS MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1997	RON SEALS INDIANA COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE SPRING 1952

CHAD HOLTON MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2003	ANGELA SALLEE MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1996	BROCK A. KREBS MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2001

JIM RILEY MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 2002	JUSTIN M. DAVIS MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2005	JOSEPH MILEY MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1987

WAYNE TROIOLA INDIANA COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1979	MARK S. HARTZLER INDIANA COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1980	FLOYD MARQUART INDIANA COLLEGE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE 1964

HARVEY McADAMS KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE SPRING 1977	MIKE HARTLEY MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1992	KEVIN WAGNER MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2001

KEITH STARNET MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE	JONANTHAN ORR MID-AMERICA COLLEGTE OF FUNERAL SERVICE

Other Photos from Indiana Convention

Funeral Dirctors Association of Kentucky Host Mid-America College Mortuary Students for their 124th Annual Convention - "Finish First." This is the second largest State Funeral Trade Show in the nation.

On Tuesday, June 13, 2006 our mortuary students attended the second session and enjoyed Bob Ash's presentation "Earning the Right to Lead." Mr. Ash is the founder of Life Lessons. After a delicious lunch the student enjoyed walking the exhibits and talking to the vendors. We would like to give a big thank you to outgoing Executive Director Alan Leichhardt and new Executive Director Sidney Fogle.

J. MICHAEL O'BRYAN MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2004	BUFORD COBB, III MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 2004	AMANDA WELLS O'BRYAN MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2004

PATRICK CRAFTON MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1999	TIM BORDEN MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1993	WILLIAM DANKS KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE SPRING 1950

BRENT GAUNCE MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1993	VIC DAVIS KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE SPRING 1976	MARY DURHAM BUNDY MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2000

MICHAEL DURBIN MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2004	JASON LOWERY MID-AMERIC COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1998	BRUCE FORSYTH KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE SPRING 1959

BEV ARNOLD MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1998	CLAY T. FORSYTH MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1988	TONY ARNOLD MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 2000

GREG GATSOS MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1990	KRISTA NICHOLS GIVAN MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1996	JOHN BISHOP KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1977

MIKE GRAY KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1978	ROBERT BROWN KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1973	CHRIS GRAYSON MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1981

STEVE CARSON KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE SPRING 1976	MICHAEL GRAYSON MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 2005	JAMES CASKEY MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1988

JEFFREY HIBBS MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1994	JAMES CHISM MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 2000	GLEN HICKEY, JR. KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1975

LACY JOHNSON MID-AMERCA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 2003	JOHN SHOUSE KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1977	OWEN LEITSCH MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1999

JAY STEELE KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1974	DAVID MARTIN KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1980	MARY STEELE MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1990

JENNY MAULLER MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2003	WARREN TOLER, III MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2006	QUINTIN McGINNIS MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1987

WARREN TOLER, JR. MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1980	STACEY MULLINS MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1999	MELVIN WHITE KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE 1962

COURTNEY PEARSON MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1990	KYLE WOLFE MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2006	DAVID PEARSON KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE SPRING 1967

JODY ZEESE MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2000	LYNDELL PETTY MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERL SERVICE FALL 1993	STEVE WHITT MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2002

BRYSON PRICE MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1993	MONICA SMITH WEATHERFORD MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 2000	SCOTT PRIDDY MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2001

AMY LAWSON NORRIS MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2000	DANNY PURCELL KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1978	SCOTT WISEMAN MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 2003

JOSEPH RATTERMAN, JR. MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE FALL 1984	ROSS WEBB MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1985	LARRY SANDERS KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1976

GREG LAKES MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1993	JIMMY CAINS KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1974	AMY CAMPBELL MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICESPRING 2003

GREG NELSON MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1996	WALT PARROTT MID-AMERICA COLLEGE OF FUNERAL SERVICE SPRING 1985	SONNY CURRY KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1978

FRANK FLETCHER KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MORTUARY SCIENCE FALL 1977

Other Photos from Kentucky Convention

Kentucky State Board Review

Golf Scramble

Mid-America College of Funeral Service Hosts National Conventions

Nancy Barber of Pierce Professional Training Schools, Inc. and Mid-America College of Funeral Service were recent hosts of the 44th Annual convention of the American Board of Funeral Service Education and the 102nd Annual Convention of the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, Inc on April 6 - 9, 2006.

Pictured from left to right are Bruce J. Campbell, faculty member, Gary D. Bridgewater. Administrative Assistant, Dennis R. Bogard, Sr., General Education Division Director, Cathy Dennison, Registrar, Loren H. Carmichael, faculty member, Nancy Pierce Barber, Vice Chairman and President of Pierce Mortuary Colleges, * *Richard D. Nelson, Dean of Student , John R. Braboy, President and J. Michael O'Bryan, faculty member.

Welcome Reception for American Board of Funeral Service Education

Thursday , April 6, 2006 in the Bluegrass Room of The Brown Hotel, in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, Nancy Pierce Barber and Pierce Mortuary Colleges hosted a Welcome Reception honoring Dr. Michael & Connie Smith. Dr. Smith is the new Executive Director of the American Board of Funeral Service Education.