Our Staff


Steve Hartshorn

Steve Hartshorn

Embalmer & Funeral Director

Steve Hartshorn is a native of Laurel, Mississippi. When he was 18 years old, he began working in a local funeral home. He graduated from the Commonwealth College of Science’s in Houston, Texas. He is a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana. Steve is a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, the Arkansas Funeral Directors Association and the Southeast Arkansas Funeral Directors Association. Steve served as the Ashley County Coroner for 25 years and a board member of the Ashley County Sheltered Workshop and the Ashley County Medical Center. Steve is married to Kay Greene Hartshorn and they have three children, James and wife, Jami, Andrew and wife Amy and Deidra Romero, and five grandchildren, Seth Thomas Hartshorn, Kathryn Anne Hartshorn, Hagan Philip Hartshorn, Ezra Brooks Romero and Vea Laren Romero. Steve and Kay are members of the First Baptist Church of Hamburg.

Telephone: 1-870-853-5252


Ryan Knight

Ryan Knight

Funeral Director

Ryan is a native and life long resident of Hamburg.  He is a 2007 graduate of Hamburg High School, a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree and a graduate of Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service with an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Funeral Service. Ryan is the son of Trent and Lyanne Knight of Hamburg. He serves as Vice-President of the Board of Director's for the Hamburg Area Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the UAM Alumni Association. Ryan is also a member of the First Baptist Church of Hamburg.

Telephone: 1-870-853-5252

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Rhiannon Streeter

Rhiannon Streeter

Funeral Director

Rhiannon is a native and lifelong resident of Ashley County. She graduated from Hamburg High School in 2013 and Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service in 2015 with an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Funeral Service.  She is a licensed Funeral Director, a member of the National Funeral Service Honor Society and the Hamburg Garden Club.  She is married to Joey Streeter and they have one son, Gus Ridge Streeter. 

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Kathy Hall

Kathy Hall

Office Manager/Funeral Director

Kathy is a native of Lake Village, Arkansas, a graduate of Conroe High School in Conroe, Texas and a graduate of UAM College of Technology in Crossett, Arkansas. After spending her formative years in Texas, she came back to Arkansas and started her career with Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home in 1990. Kathy is the daughter of the late Peggy Starling Moyer, of Hamburg, and the late Doyle Lamar "Buck" Jones of Eudora. She is married to Travis Hall, a member of the Promise Land Missionary Baptist Church and she has five children and eleven grandchildren.

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Johnny Moore

Johnny Moore

Cemetery Foreman/ Building and Grounds Maintenance

Johnny is a native and lifelong resident of Ashley County.  He graduated from Hamburg High School in 1985.  He is our Outside Maintenance and Cemetery Foreman and has over 25 years of experience in cemetery maintenance.  He has a daughter, Natazzia Simpson and is a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.


Jessie Hampton

Jessie Hampton

Building and Cemetery Maintenance Assistant

Jessie is a native and lifelong resident of Hamburg.  He graduated from Hamburg High School in 2011.  He has a daughter, Za'Riyah Hampton and he is a member of Soldiers Chapel A.M.E.


In Memory Of Raymond Laskey

In Memory Of Raymond Laskey

 July 10, 1936 - October 1, 2016

Ray was a native of Chicago, Illinois and a resident of Hamburg since 1961.  He was a veteran of the Unites States Army, having retired in 1979.  He was a devoted and valued employee of Jones Funeral Home and Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home for 26 years and was admired by his fellow co-workers.  Ray had a passion for helping people and was loved by each family he served.  Although he is no longer with us, he will forever be a legacy of Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home and will be greatly missed.


In Memory of Marie Thornhill

In Memory of Marie Thornhill

 1942 - 2022

Ella Marie Thornhill, 79, of Hamburg, died Monday, June 13, 2022, at the Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. Mrs. Thornhill was a native of Mangham, Louisiana, a former resident of Monroe, Louisiana, and a resident of Hamburg since 1967. A 1961 graduate of Mangham High School, she was a homemaker and had previously worked at One Hour Martinizing and Harrison’s Department Store. Her truly compassionate nature often brought much-needed peace when she worked as the Night Hostess at Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home. For over 20 years, “Mrs. Marie” was always there to open the door during a visitation and give many families a warm hug or an understanding smile. She was a humble servant of God and an active member of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Thornhill enjoyed everything that revolved around spending time with her family and being involved with her grandchildren. She was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by her family, especially her cherished grandchildren, her fellow and former co-workers, her community, and her church.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Alton and Bessie Aline Graves Thames, a brother, Thomas Alton Thames, Jr., and her sister, Kathryn Thames Osborn, who died on June 9th of this year.

She is survived by her loving husband of 55 years, Lee Thornhill of Hamburg; her son, Brent Thornhill of Sydney, Montana; her daughter, Leia O’Fallon and husband, Marty, of Wilmar; her brother, George Thames and wife, Wanda, of Mangham, Louisiana; five grandchildren, Libby Thornhill, Addy Thornhill, Chloe Thornhill, Will O’Fallon and Jesse Lee Thornhill and a host of nieces and nephews.

 


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