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Earl & Co Funeral Directors was founded in 1898 as a general builders and undertakers by C Earl with partners T Pullen and A Newton. By the 1930s Mr Earl and Mr Newton had passed away leaving sole ownership to Mr T Pullen.
After WWII, the building side of the company took over as the sole business and gained a respectable reputation, with local roads named after the company, like Earls Avenue and Earlsworth Road.
In 1983, Don Pullen, son of the founder restarted the funeral business which proved very successful. Don’s sons David and Michael are still actively involved with the business today, from the original site on Albemarle Road.
We provide funerals for people from Ashford, Wye, Smeeth, Mersham, Kingsnorth and surround areas.
The team at our Ashford funeral home will provide advice at every stage of the funeral planning process, and will arrange an individual and unique funeral to help you celebrate the life of your loved one.
Here at Earl & Co Funeral Directors we also offer an affordable prepaid funeral plan, Choice, so that you can arrange and pay for a funeral in advance. This will protect your family from rising costs and remove uncertainty about your wishes.
If you would like to talk to us about planning a funeral, or our Choice plan, please come and see us in any of our funeral homes, or if you’d rather we can arrange a home visit. We’re also available 24 hours a day on the phone so if you need anything please don’t hesitate to call your local funeral home.
Funeral Arranger & Administrator
Sam started working in funeral care in 2016 after spending 9 years in retail management, she has met a wide variety of people along the way and says that she finds enjoyment in helping families in their time of need. Sam works part time in the office but also regularly bears on funerals. Sam has 2 young boys and spends all of her time away from work with her family creating new memories and renovating their farmhouse.
Funeral Director/Consultant
Michael is a grandson of the founder and has been in the funeral industry for 35 years. He enjoys maintaining the family traditions of Earl and Co. In his spare time, he enjoys sport.
Consultant
David is a grandson of the founder and is now a Consultant with the firm. He finds the job rewarding, particularly meeting a diverse range of people and helping them in their time of need. In his spare time, he enjoys walking, gardening and reading.
Funeral Director
Richard has been with us since early 2016 having previously worked for the NHS, working his way up to Funeral Director through arranging funerals and operational roles.
He says he enjoys “meeting people and doing my best to make the funeral service memorable for the right reasons”.
Richard is a proud grandad to Jacob-James and enjoys photography, 2 extremes, Macro and Astro.
Funeral Arranger/Administrator
Kelsey joined the funeral industry in December 2020 after previously working as a Retail Store Manager. Kelsey says she enjoys “Supporting families and helping them create the perfect day for their loved ones and knowing I have made a hard time in their lives easier in any way. It’s one of the best parts of my job.”
In her spare time, she loves spending quality time with her daughter and husband which includes going on family holidays and making new memories.
We take pride in everything we do. Our aim is that everyone who works for Funeral Partners shares our values.
Our business exists to help the bereaved to make fitting arrangements for their loved one’s last journey and to provide lasting memories for family and friends.
We do this with a positive, caring and understanding approach.
We value diversity and treat everyone with the same respect, courtesy and dignity.
We are a professional organisation and we strive to achieve the highest possible standards in everything we do and to improve upon these standards continuously.
We accept responsibility for our actions both as a company and as individuals.
We believe that we can only achieve our goals by working together in partnership with client families, suppliers and our employees.
Call 01233 620 522 visit branch or arrange a home visit
