Will Andrews: Lessons from Anthem’s Year of Listening and Learning

It’s been a busy year for Anthem Partners U.S. President Will Andrews. In addition to bringing the total number of funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematories under the Anthem umbrella to 80+ rooftops, Andrews and his team spent 2022 making the rounds across five...

Servicing the ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’

For 18 months, Lindsey Barker knew the minute the call or text came in, she would have to respond immediately. On the morning of Oct. 4, she got the text informing her that Loretta Lynn, the queen of country music, had died at 90. “About a year-and-a-half prior to her...

Anthem Partners Acquires Sterling & Smith Funeral Directors

December 20, 2022: Anthem Partners, a premier operator of funeral homes and cemeteries, has announced that it has acquired the three locations of Sterling & Smith Funeral Directors, Inc. The acquisition adds California locations in Fresno, Tulare, and Dinuba. “We...