We present short biographies of our staff below.

Steven E. Carson is co-owner of the funeral home and is a licensed funeral director and embalmer. He is married to Charlene Carson and is the son of Johnny and Ivy Carson of Madisonville. He is a 1969 graduate of Madisonville North Hopkins High School and a 1976 graduate of Kentucky School of Mortuary Science where he graduated with honors and was a member of Pi Sigma Eta fraternity. He is a US Army veteran.

He is a member of Second Baptist Church, Madisonville Lions Club and Madisonville Masonic Lodge #143 F & AM. He is on the Board of Directors of Community First Bank, the Board of Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens of Hopkins County and is a former president of the Kentucky Funeral Directors Association.

He has been with the funeral home since October 1968.

Charlene Carson is co-owner of the funeral home. She is married to Steve Carson and is the daughter of the late Wilbur and Patricia Clark. She is a 1969 graduate of Madisonville North Hopkins High School and is a licensed funeral director. She has been with the funeral home since June 1983.

She is a member of Second Baptist Church. She and Steve have two children and two grandchildren.

Tom Hemmerle is a licensed funeral director. He is married to Natalie Clark Hemmerle and they have three children, Joseph, Matthew and Nicholas. He is a member of Christ The King Catholic Church and of the Knights of Columbus. He has been with the funeral home since November 1992.

Kerri Oldham Jones is a 1998 graduate of Hopkins County Central High School and a 2001 graduate of Mid-America College of Funeral Service in Jeffersonville, IN where she graduated with honors and was a member of Pi Sigma Eta fraternity and a class representative. Kerri is the oldest of four children and is a native of White Plains, KY where her parents, Aaron and Virginia Oldham reside. She is a member of White Plains Missionary Baptist Church.

Kerri has been with the funeral home since January 2002 and has been a licensed funeral director and embalmer since June 2002. Kerri now resides in Madisonville.

Wayne Burton graduated from the Kentucky School of Mortuary Science in 1969 Magnum Cum Laude and was a member of the Mu Sigma Alpha Honor Society and Phi Sigma Eta Fraternity. He was employed by Barnett-Strother Funeral Home from 1965 to 1971. He returns to Barnett-Strother Funeral Home after working for several years at Andalex Coal Company and having owned a successful mortuary business.

He is a member of the Liberty Praise Chapel Church in Providence, KY. He is a Hopkins County Deputy Coroner and a member of the Fraternal Order of Police. He is a member of the Earlington Civic Club. He has an Associates degree in Bible from the School of Ministry. He is a US Navy veteran.

He is married to Cheryl Whitledge Burton and he has three children and five grandchildren.