Business Details
50+ Years
experience
Emergency
services
Your Trusted Funeral Service in Clarksville, TN
Foston Funeral Home has been a trusted provider of compassionate funeral services in Clarksville, Tennessee since 1938. Our mission is to offer personalized, dignified care for families during their most difficult moments, honoring each loved one's unique life through meaningful tributes. With decades of experience, our licensed funeral directors specialize in creating tailored services that reflect individual traditions, including traditional burials, cremation options, and veterans' memorials. We prioritize community service, having historically supported African American families during periods of systemic inequality by providing essential resources alongside funeral care. Our team's deep local roots and commitment to excellence ensure families receive both professional expertise and heartfelt support.We offer 24/7 immediate assistance, pre-planning services, and grief resources to help navigate loss with compassion and understanding. Through generations of ownership changes, including leadership by the Foston family, Larry Meriwether, and current owner William Anthony Jenkins, our dedication to quality service remains unwavering. We incorporate modern personalization options like tribute videos and live streaming while maintaining traditional values. Our facility at 816 Franklin Street continues to serve as a pillar of support for Clarksville families, combining historical legacy with contemporary funeral care solutions.
Services
Traditional Services
Cremation Services
Personalization Options
Veterans Services
Pre-Planning Services
Details
- Year established: 1938
Highlights and features
- Serving Clarksville families with compassionate care since 1938
- Specialized veterans' funeral services with full military honors
- 24/7 immediate assistance for urgent needs
- Personalized tributes including tribute videos and live streaming
- Experienced licensed funeral directors with deep community roots
What people say
Compassionate and understanding
Excellent service
Personalized tributes
24/7 availability
Community-focused
Services
Traditional Services
We offer comprehensive traditional funeral services that honor your loved one through visitation, funeral ceremonies, and graveside services. Our chapel accommodates personalized tributes with music, scripture, or life celebrants who create healing experiences. Families can choose between church services, venue locations, or our facility while receiving professional guidance throughout the process.
Cremation Services
Our cremation services include full traditional funerals followed by cremation, memorial services, or private ceremonies. We provide urn selection guidance, permanent memorialization options like columbarium niches, and scattering assistance in meaningful locations. Families receive complete support for both immediate and delayed cremation arrangements.
Personalization
We specialize in creating unique memorials through tribute videos, photo displays, music selections, and personalized keepsakes. Our staff helps incorporate hobbies, achievements, and life memories into services using digital displays, artwork, and customized funeral programs that celebrate individual legacies.
Veterans Services
We provide specialized support for veterans' families including VA benefit applications, military funeral honors with flag presentation, and memorial items. Our team assists with burial allowances, headstone requests, and national cemetery arrangements while honoring service members' sacrifices through dignified ceremonies.
People
William Anthony Jenkins
Owner & Licensed Funeral Director
Current owner overseeing daily operations with licensed embalming expertise. Committed to maintaining the funeral home's legacy of compassionate service while implementing modern memorialization techniques for Clarksville families.
Larry Meriwether
Former Owner
Purchased the business in 1991 after decades of experience starting as a high school student in 1964. Preserved the firm's tradition of caring service during industry changes until passing ownership to William Jenkins in 2011.
Questions
What types of funeral services do you offer?
We provide traditional burials, cremation services, veterans' memorials, and personalized tributes with options for visitation, funeral ceremonies, and graveside services.
Do you offer pre-planning services?
Yes, we help families make advance arrangements through our Talk of a Lifetime program and pre-planning checklist to provide peace of mind for loved ones.
How do you support veterans' families?
We assist with VA benefits applications, military funeral honors including flag presentation, and memorial items while guiding families through veterans' burial options.
Are you available for emergencies?
Yes, our 24/7 immediate assistance line at (931) 647-5451 connects families with urgent support whenever needed.
What personalization options exist?
We offer tribute videos, photo displays, music selections, customized keepsakes, and live streaming to create meaningful, individualized memorials reflecting each person's life.
