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Morris Brothers (Tavistock) Ltd
Address: The Old Bedford Foundry, Lakeside, Tavistock, Devon PL10 0AZ
Phone: 01822 612 023 Email: info@morrisbros.co.uk Web: www.morrisbros.co.uk
Funeral Director/s: Elaine Morris (4th generation), her son Simon and daughter Kate.
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Jonathan Taylor said...
I’m an independent secular funeral celebrant, and I get all my work through funeral directors, who I rely on to recommend me to their families; though I’ve only conducted three (crematorium) funerals for Morris Brothers in the seven years they’ve had me on their records, I’ve been impressed by Simon’s easy-going and attentive nature when he’s turned up to direct on the day. Kate and Elaine are also very warm when I’ve spoken to them on the phone – I haven’t met them because they’re forty miles away, but they have remembered who I am!
Two of these funerals involved live music, and one had family bearers, so full marks for tolerating the inconvenience of family involvement. Simon, unlike many funeral directors, comes into the chapel and attends the ceremony; and actually listens, what’s more, and tells me if he enjoys it.
I get the impression that the three of them see this as an important service to the bereaved – Simon arranged a funeral for a lady whose next-of-kin only arrived here from Wales the day before the funeral, but he went out of his way to meet them in person on a Sunday so that their first meeting wouldn’t be at the crematorium. (Compare with funeral chain practice of sending a complete stranger, who possibly hasn’t even met the celebrant, let alone the family.)
(Oddly, he was impressed that I’d spoken to the family and some of the deceased’s friends, to prepare the tribute – has he come across celebrants and ministers who conduct a funeral without doing this? I’d like to be able to say I’m shocked!)