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
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
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 and a member of the National Funeral Service Honor Society. She is married to Joey Streeter and they have one son, Gus Ridge Streeter. Rhiannon is the daughter of Deana Hughes and Robert Blakeley.
Telephone: 1-870-853-5252
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.
Telephone: 1-870-853-5252
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.
Building and Cemetery Maintenance Assistant
Trey is a native and lifelong resident of Hamburg. He graduated from Hamburg High School in 2014 and is a member of the Arkansas National Guard. Trey has three children, Aleigha Miller, Saint Miller, Sayvnn Miller and he is the son Tonya Miller and Mario Thomas. He is a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church where he plays the drums.
Ray was a native of
1942 - 2022
Ella Marie Thornhill, 79, of
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.