FUNERAL HOME: Troutman - McFarland, Bullitt Co., KY

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Contributed by members of KyBullitt email list
Date: 2 Aug 00
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There's a TROUTMAN and McFARLAND Funeral home in Mt. Washington today, owned 
partially by Gayle TROUTMAN.  I believe in early days there was one in Shepherdsville.

The building that they were in before the present location is the one that is next to the 
Baptist Church that they are trying to move... 

FROM "History of the Families of Bullitt Co"

    "...Mary CARROTHERS, became the first woman in Kentucky to become an embalmer and 
funeral director. She married William Sanford MCFARLAND who owned a coffin shop on Main 
Street..."
    "...It was then passed down to their sons William, Sam, and John...William continued to 
operate the funeral home along with his son,  Grigsby MCFARLAND until Williams death in 
1937. Grigsby and his wife  Elizabeth LLOYD were operating the home when A. Gayle TROUTMAN 
married their  daughter, Elanor, and joined the operation in 1960. ..."
    "the MCFARLANDS sold their buisness to their competitors, the McAFEES in June, 1969. At 
that time, Gayle went to work for them until March 1, 1975. Gayle and Elanor bought the 
McAFEE funeral home and changed the name to McFARLAND - TROUTMAN. "
    The McAFEE's Funeral Home was located where the present day McFARLAND-TROUTMAN Funeral 
Home  is now, and the "old" McFARLAND - TROUTMAN was located a block up the street  by the 
Baptist Church. Both are still standing.....