About Us

Our company history began over 60 years ago with the founding of the North Funeral Home in Elizabethton, Tennessee. When it was sold to Donald W. Tetrick, Sr., it became the first Tetrick Funeral Home. Donald W. Tetrick, Sr. operated the funeral home by himself until 1968, when he was joined in the business by his son, Richard Tetrick.

The Tetrick’s commitment to compassionate personal service allowed the family to expand, and by 1990, the Tetricks operated ten funeral homes in the tri-state area.

We officially became Heritage Family Funeral Services in 1991, and continued to bring other funeral homes into the association. In April of 1993, we opened a crematory at Oakley-Cook Funeral Home in Bristol, TN, and in 1995 added divisions that provide our client families with a wide array of choices in cemetery monuments and burial vaults.

In January of 2000, we answered a pressing client need with the opening of what is now known as Adored Pets Crematory in Elizabethton, Tennessee.

Our service became even more complete in December of 2001, when we purchased a group of six cemeteries. Today, with our network of seventeen local, community-involved funeral homes, crematory, pet crematory, vault and monument providers, and conveniently located memorial parks, we are proud to offer our clients the utmost in caring, complete funeral services in Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina.

Heritage Family Funeral Services, Inc. is dedicated to providing quality funeral and cemetery service, clean, comfortable facilities, and continued growth through acquisition of high quality funeral homes and cemeteries that resemble our methods of operation.