Glenn Coleman is a lifelong resident of Lafayette County. He opened Coleman Funeral Home and Cremation Services in March 2004 as a way to give back to his community. Glenn serves as the company’s lead funeral director, embalmer, and crematory operator. He works with staff on a daily basis to provide the best care and support for our families during their time of need. He is active in building relationships with families, community partners, and national representatives to better Coleman Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

He is a graduate of Oxford High School. He holds a bachelor of business administration from The University of Mississippi. He also earned an associate's degree in mortuary science from Northwest Mississippi Community College. Prior to opening Coleman Funeral Home and Cremation Services, he served as a funeral director at Memphis Funeral Home, Holly Springs Funeral Home, and Moore Funeral Home in Sardis.

Glenn serves as Deputy Lafayette County Coroner, a position he has held for the last 10 years. He is also a member of the Northwest Mississippi Community College Advisory Board for the Funeral Service Technology Program at the DeSoto Center. As a member of this board, he is instrumental in shaping the professional career of future graduates in the industry. Aside from his advisory board and deputy coroner duties, Glenn is an avid hunter and fisher, and member of the Eagle Scouts Troop 146.

Through Coleman Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Glenn is a member of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), the Mississippi Funeral Directors Association (MFDA), and the International Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association (ICCFA). He is also a licensed pre-need insurance agent.

Glenn and his wife, Nichole Massey Coleman, originally of Courtland, MS, have three children - Mary-Massey and Gage Perkins and Sarah-Kay Coleman. They are currently attending Yellow Leaf Baptist Church in Oxford.

Tom Fowlkes, MD, has practiced medicine and led successful service businesses in the Oxford area for more than 25 years. His experience has also included serving intermittently as Deputy Medical Examiner and having completed the state’s death investigation training course.

A native of Clarksdale, he attended The University of the South at Sewanee and graduated from the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis. He is double board certified in both emergency medicine and addiction medicine. Tom and his wife, Vicki Rowland Fowlkes, are members of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church and have three daughters.

Lane Massey is originally from Batesville, MS. He is a resident of Oxford and is a licensed funeral director, embalmer, and crematory operator for Coleman Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Olive Branch and Southaven. A majority of his day is spent serving our families and training new funeral directors. Lane works with local and regional government agencies in completing paperwork for the company.  

A graduate of South Panola High School, Lane played baseball for the majority of his time in school and was even afforded the opportunity to play at the intercollegiate level in parts of Kentucky and Arkansas. He furthered his education at Northwest Mississippi Community College and earned a degree in mortuary science. He plans to complete a bachelor in business administration at The University of Mississippi in the next few years. He is a licensed pre-need insurance agent assisting families with future funeral planning.  

Ellen Weaver, also a lifelong resident of Lafayette County, graduated from Lafayette High School and attended The University of Mississippi. She spent a 30-year career with the Mississippi Employment Security Commission, retiring as a manager. She views her role as a funeral director as a continuation of a career focused on service to others. Ellen has one son and is a member of First Baptist Church of Abbeville.

Cain Havens joined the staff of Coleman Funeral Home and Cremation Services in August of 2022 as a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer. He is a native of Calhoun City, Mississippi, but spent his founding years of life in Lee County, graduating from Saltillo High School in 2015.

His career in funeral service began in March of 2019 as a funeral director’s assistant in a small town family owned firm. His passion for serving people led him on a journey through Northwest Mississippi Community College’s Funeral Service Technology program where he graduated in May of 2021.

Aside from his daily responsibilities in the funeral home, Cain serves as the Student Pastor at Derma Baptist Church. In his time of leisure he can be found on the golf course playing a round with his friends or baiting a hook and casting a line fishing.

For nearly 20 years, Mike Roberts has been helping North Mississippi families plan ahead and protect their loved ones. He is the owner of Roberts Insurance Agency and serves as a pre-planning specialist for Coleman Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Garden of Memories Oxford, and Autumn Woods Memorial Park.

Roberts brings both professional and personal experience to his work with in helping families plan ahead. Through experiencing the death of parents, he and his wife, Ashley, learned first-hand how difficult it is for loved ones to manage decision making and a sudden financial burden in the midst of coping with grief.

In addition to his work with families, Roberts serves on the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors for District 5. He is an avid outdoorsman and attends First Baptist Church of Oxford with his wife and two children, Emma Hays and Max.

Charles Maples is a lifelong resident of Lafayette County. He has been with Coleman Funeral Home and Cremation Services since the Summer of 2017, and serves as a Funeral Assistant. In this position, Charles assists with many crematory operations for the company’s pet services side, and helps funeral directors with visitations, funeral services, and memorial services.

A graduate of Taylor High School, Charles has worked in the sales industry for 26 years and 9 yeas as a medical sales technician. Charles is also a former Emergency Medical Technician and is CPR certified. He is also a licensed minister.

Charles was married to his late wife, Ruby R. Maples, for almost 39 years, and has six children (Lisa, Stephanie, Cynthia, Sherry, Jeffery, and Stacy), eleven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He is also a member of Calvary Baptist Church.

Kathy Brummett, an Oxford resident of 40 years, works with Coleman Funeral Home and Cremation Services as the Family Care Coordinator. In this role, she focuses on supporting families that the funeral home serves. Kathy ensures that every family she works with knows that they have not been forgotten, even months after the death of a loved one.

Kathy previously served as an Independent National Sales Director for Mary Kay Cosmetics, retiring January 2017. She is an active participant in the fight against human trafficking. For her efforts, Kathy was named 2017 Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts.

Kathy is married to Pete, and has three daughters, Christy, Casey, Kimberly, eight grandchildren, one great grandchild, and is an active member at Batesville Church of Christ. 

Karen Phillips Bollinger is a native of Booneville, Mississippi, and has been married to Eddie Bollinger for 34 years. Karen and Eddie met at NEMCC (Booneville) as members of Campus County. 

She graduated from Jumpertown High School, NEMCC (Booneville) and Mississippi State University with a B.A. in Communications / Public Relations. 

Karen joined our staff in 2022 as business manager for all of the Coleman Funeral Home and Cremation Services locations. In her spare time she enjoys being with her family, especially her grandson Watson. She also helps her husband with his business, Sound Ideas. 

She and Eddie attend Derma Baptist Church where he is a Deacon and she is the Financial Ministry Assistant.