Paradise Cemetery dates again to the 1900s, it was initially a faculty. After turning into a funeral dwelling, it was ran by the Butlers after which the Wilsons. It’s now operated by Service Company Worldwide, which is part of Dignity Model. “Now we have historical past simply being the most important funeral dwelling within the space,” he stated. As acknowledged on their web site, “Paradise is devoted to serving to have a good time your life or that of a cherished one with a funeral and memorial service befitting the life lived.”
As Houston’s demographic shifts, so does the demographic of Paradise. There was an growing variety of Hispanic households within the space. Mr. Rhue and his group proceed to work tirelessly to fulfill the distinctive wants of every household that’s serviced. There are a number of native well-known people who find themselves buried in Paradise. “We had the plea- certain of burying Mrs. Sheila Jackson Lee right here when she handed away this previous yr,” he stated.
The funeral enterprise has seen a significant shift in recent times, in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, many households weren’t in a position to have a good time their family members within the methods they wished. Mr. Rhue and his group have embraced the adjustments and have labored to make sure that Paradise gives a variety of choices that enable households to create really individualized ceremonies. Cremation, which has turn into extra fashionable over time, is one other space the place Paradise has tailored. The enterprise now gives cremation memorials, together with choices for turning cremated stays into lovely keepsakes such diamonds or households may even have their cherished one’s ashes thrown into house or different particular areas. “Since I’ve began right here in 2021, we see numbers growing yearly, now we’re at about 70% burials and 30% cremations,” he stated.
