Mead Furniture, Funeral Company
One of Service
The Mead Furniture and Undertaking establishment is ever mindful of
the needs and comfort of it’s patrons. The Mead Furniture and Undertaking
establishment offers to the people of Coleman a varied line of services.
It deals in new and used furniture as well as doing furniture repairing.
They handle a fine line of new mattresses and do mattress renovating.
It also has a tin shop in connection where they make and repair anything
in the sheet metal line.
Mr. Mead, owner and operator has recently moved his business to a more
suitable location, growth and expansion making this necessary. The
undertaking element of Mr. Mead’s business has built an enviable reputation
through service. His appreciation of the significance of this profession
has given his firm great respect and prestige. His funerals are known
for their impressive beauty and are recognized for the care and precision
with which each detail of the ordeal is discharged. He deems it a
privilege to make the last farewell a consoling rite that will tend toward
lessening the sorrow of the loved ones.
The people of Coleman and surrounding country may have prompt, courteous
and highly professional ambulance service at any hour of the day or night
by a phone call to number 325 in the day time or 241 at night. Mr.
Mead is appreciative of your past patronage and you will find him ever
ready and willing to serve this great community in any way possible.
He invites you to investigate before going elsewhere to trade. He
has recently made advantageous changes in his place. For the convenience
of customers, the Concho Street entrance has been built into a funeral
home with reception room and chapel furnished with new equipment throughout,
the West Street entrance will open into the furniture department.
(Coleman Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas,
1936.)
(transcribed by Pam Sanders,
February 2006.)
(HISTORIAN'S NOTE: According to this article, Mead had
just
moved his business probably to 115 West Street, with an entrance to his
funeral home on North Concho Street, which is shown as a furniture repair store
in 1930. However, he is said to have built the large brick building at 110 - 112 East College Avenue,
and in 1929, he had a furniture store at 110 - 112 East College
Avenue. Did he build the building before 1929 and move out before
1936?)
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