Oak Hill Funeral Home returns to local ownership

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November 10th, 2014 4:00 pm by Amanda J. Vicars

Oak Hill Funeral and Cremation Services in Kingsport, Tenn., under new local ownership and management, is striving to restore its legacy of care-giving for bereaved families in the Tri-Cities and Southwest Virginia regions through individualized and affordable funeral, cremation and cemetery services.

"I do not view our funeral home as a business, but a ministry to the bereaved during one of the most difficult seasons of their lives," said Phil Hoskins, owner of Oak Hill and a licensed funeral director and Kingsport minister. Our goal is not only to serve the funeral and burial/cremation needs of our families, but to minister to them as they face one of life's greatest challenges, losing a loved one.

Hoskins went on to add, "not only do we care about the families we serve, we understand their pain. Brenda and I have lost a son and, over the past two years, I have lost my mother, my dad and my oldest brother. Last week, Brenda lost her mother as well. Through our journey of grief, we needed professional care and ministry. Both of those needs were met by the compassionate staff of Oak Hill Funeral and Cremation Services. Today, Brenda and I make this pledge to our community: 'We will provide the care you deserve at a cost you can afford.'"

Oak Hill Funeral Home was opened in 1979 - the cemetery on its grounds was established in 1902, Hoskins added - and later bought and sold twice by national funeral care conglomerates before returning to local ownership in September 2014. Hoskins, his wife Brenda, and regional fourth-generation family funeral business owner Richard Tetrick have assumed ownership of Oak Hill Funeral Home and its grounds and begun renovation of the properties.

"We're making a diligent effort to restore the legacy of the cemetery and to renovate the funeral home to today's standards," Hoskins explained.

Oak Hill Memorial Park and Cremation Gardens, now a part of Heritage Family Cemeteries, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, will undergo restoration and improvements alongside Oak Hill Funeral Home to create an overall "premier end-of-life resource facility" in the area.

The transformation allows for a renewed focus on bereavement care. Hoskins said he, his wife and their 10 present full-time and part-time employees are your friends and neighbors and 'stand ready to serve the community we love.'

Oak Hill Funeral Home is located at 800 Truxton Drive in Kingsport. For more information, call 423-246-4631.

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