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Local couple

buys back funeral home

Higgins Funeral Home is once again family-owned and operated.

Jason and Lisa Shepard, a married couple from Statesboro have purchased

the funeral home that's located directly in front of the Holly Hill

Cemetery on Roosevelt Highway.

The previous owner, Glen Higgins, sold the funeral home to Stewart Enterprises

in 1992. Stewart Enterprises is one of the largest funeral service providers

in the world, operating more than a thousand funeral homes.

Jason Shepard and his wife Lisa, were able to buy the business back from

the corporation, thereby preserving the tradition of the well-known and long-serving

funeral home.

Shepard says "We are planning a lot of improvements, both to how the

facility looks and to the service that families will receive. We have

already re-paved the parking lot and re-landscaped. We're going to

completely renovate both the inside and outside of our building. It's

going to be beautiful when it's completed in about six weeks."

"We're also excited about working closely with Holly Hills Memorial

Park. We expect that many of the families that plan burials at the cemetery

will want to use our funeral home. We're proud to be able to offer the

convenience and safety of being right next door to Holly Hills." says

Jason Shepard.

Jason Shepard, a licensed Georgia Funeral Director who has plans to eventually

change the name to Shepard Funeral Home at Holly Hills, plans to bring back

the heritage that the community deserves from it's funeral home.

Shepard added "Both Lisa and I strongly believe that when a family

entrusts us with serving them during a time of death, we are obligated to

serve them with the highest dignity and respect possible."

The funeral home will serve all surrounding communities but will focus on

serving the families of Fairburn, Union City, Palmetto, Tyrone and Peachtree

City.

Lisa Shepard added "We want everyone to know that we are proud to be

here in Fairburn and we're going to do whatever it takes to ensure that

the families that choose us will get the best service that we are able to

provide. And we'd enjoy having anyone and everyone drop in just to say 'Hi' and

let us show them what we're doing".

For more information please contact Jason or Lisa Shepard at 770-964-7833.