Our Autumn Classic had a great response with 55 attendeesand everyone had a GREAT time! As often happens, emergencies and business intervened which unfortunately kept many who registered from attending - we missed you and hope to see you at our District Meetings in October!

As we loaded the shuttle, you could feel the excitement in the air and with our escort, courtesy of the Cobb County Police, attendees arrived right at the steps of the stadium. Upon walking up the steps, the excitement grew and attendees quickly enjoyed all the sights and all The Battery and SunTrust Park had to offer!  Once we gathered in the Hank Aaron Terrace, we enjoyed delicious food, beverages, peanuts and popcorn while watching our home town Atlanta Braves! The score didn't matter, everyone was busy enjoying time with their friends and making new ones! After the game, we were escorted back to the HiltonAtlanta/Marietta Hotel for a restful night sleep.  Overnight guests enjoyed a delicious breakfast before walking a few steps to the beautiful City Club Marietta course.  Each player enjoyed a round of golf on the challenging, mountain course that offered the finest playing experience among rolling hills, towering pines and spectacular Southern vistas!  Our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams, as well as our Longest Drive and 2 Closest to the Pins winners,received crystal tournament trophies and unique Braves autographed memorabilia. 

GFDA’s Executive Committee and Executive Director would like to thank David Roach for his tireless work and our Sponsors for their support of this 1st Autumn Classic.  Next year, we look forward to inviting our sister associations in surrounding states to participate and seeing everyone in 2018!

If you attended, we encourage you to share your photos onour app and Facebook page, or email them to staff@gfda.org, so we can share thememories with everyone!  

Each meeting was filled with fellowship and gave attendees theopportunity to learn important information about funeral service matters in Georgia and nationally.  Attendees participated in open dialogue about potential legislation, GFDA committee work and events, and shared information about matters in their area.   Thank you to our District Chairs and Sponsors!

 North Georgia 

District 2 - Country Club of Columbus

Sponsor - Batesville

 District Chair, Chris Conkle

District 1E - Oconee Civic Center

 Sponsor - Master Grave Service, Inc.

 District Chair, Wendy Eidson

District 1W - Stonewall Manor

Sponsor - Cincinnati Equitable Life Insurance Company

District Chair, Scott McBrayer

South Georgia

District 3 - Beaver Creek Plantation

Sponsor - Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Company

District Chair, Ken Tomlinson

District 5 - Sybil's Restaurant

Sponsor - Cincinnati Equitable Life Insurance Company

District Chair, Reginald Pierce

District 4 - Tifton Elks Club Lodge

Sponsors - Homesteaders Life Company & Matthews Aurora FuneralSolutions

District Chair, Rob Lovein

Thank you to everyone who participated in our PAC & ScholarshipFund Raffles!

PAC Fund Raffle

District 2, District 3, District 4 & District 5

Rocker Donated by Barnwood Casket Company

District 1E & District 1W

Rocker Donated by  CountrysideCasket Company 

Scholarship Fund Raffle

Suit & Pair of UGA vs Kentucky Football Game Tickets

Donated by Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Company

 Our  2017 Continuing Education programs have ended but we are looking forward to all 2018 has in store for funeral service professionals!
Visit our Upcoming Events and mark your calendars! 

ABM Funding

All About Honor

Ambulance & Coach Sales

American Benefit Life Insurance Company

American Mortuary Coolers

APPLIED LIGHTING SOLUTIONS INC.
ASD

Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Company

Barnwood Casket Company

Bass-Mollett Publishers

Batesville
Beck Transport DBA Chastain Professional Services 

Biotrauma, Inc.

Capstone Technologies

Cemetery Funeral Supply

Cherokee Casket Company, Inc.

Cincinnati Equitable Life Insurance Company

Clark Grave Vault

Cloud Mortuary Services

Columbian Financial Group

Countryside Casket

Crain MM Sales

Custom Air Trays

Customer Care Specialist, LLC

Doric / Classic Metal Vaults

Elite Funeral Funding Group, Inc.

Empower Sound

Evergreen Direct Media

Express Funeral Funding

Federated Insurance

Funeral Directors Life (FDLC)
Funeral Home Gifts

FuneralCall Answering Service

Georgia Eye Bank, Inc.

GeorgiaClean.com

Great Western Insurance Company, Inc.

Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service

Halcyon Deathcare Management Solutions

Homesteaders Life Company
Investors Heritage Life Insurance Company

Legacy Touch

LifeLink of Georgia
Live Oak Bank

Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions

Medical Waste Disposal LLC

Memoriams by Ancestry

Messenger

National Cemetery Administration
NewBridge Group

Nxgen

Osiris Software

Physicians Mutual

Pierce

Precoa

Principal Financial Group
Roberts Research & Marketing, LLC

Service Casket Company

Shields Professional Vehicles

Shiva Shade

Southern Calls

Standifer Insurance Group

Thacker Caskets, Inc.

The Dodge Company

Tukios

Vantage Products Corporation

Ward's Transport and Supplies
Wilbert