Jeff Smith
Smith Family Funeral Homes has purchased Huson Funeral Home in Sherwood and will rename it Smith Sherwood Funeral Home, the company announced Monday.
Huson Funeral Home is at 7700 Highway 107 — the corner of Highway 107 and Club Road. Smith declined to disclose the purchase price.
The Smith family has owned Smith North Little Rock Funeral Home for more than 60 years. In 2015, the company served more than 500 families, almost half of whom were from Sherwood, according to a news release.
“For several years we have wanted a location in Sherwood to better serve our community,” owner Jeff Smith said. “The purchase of Huson gives us a more convenient location for our loyal families in Sherwood.”
Smith Sherwood has increased Smith’s funeral operations to two cemeteries and four funeral homes, including Smith Benton Funeral Home, Smith North Little Rock Funeral Home and Smith Westbrook Funeral Home in Beebe.
Smith said he wants to continue to grow and improve the business.
“We want to be the premier firm in central Arkansas,” Smith told Arkansas Business. “We don’t have a strategic plan to open more locations in central Arkansas. But if there are opportunities we’d be interested.”
Smith said the company would likely expand through acquisition, and not by building new funeral homes.
Included in the deal is Huson Funeral Home’s Little Rock location, at 6400 Mabelvale Pike. Smith plans to rent the facility to Arkansas Cremation of Little Rock, which will use it as a branch office.
Arkansas Cremation is funeral home specializing in simple cremations.
“We currently are in a beautiful old home but have no chapel. Renting this location gives us a chapel and expands our presence,” Arkansas Cremation Director Jill Carlan said. “Many of our customers have asked us for this, and we are happy we can now offer a chapel for their use.”
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