Autry Funeral Home purchases Carroll-Lehr
Apr 16, 2018Autry Funeral Home is family-owned and operated, with a long history of serving East Texas. Their motto is, "Our family serving yours."Both Barry and Jana were born and raised in Henderson and Kaufman counties, and both graduated from Mabank High School."Both of our families are rooted deep in the Athens, Mabank, Eustace, Canton areas, and we are excited to be a part of those communities again," Barry Autry said.Barry is the son of Gloria and Bobby Gene Autry of Mabank, and Jana is the daughter of Janelle and Charles Seabourne of Eustace.Autry Funeral Home has locations in Jacksonville, Frankston and now in Athens."We want to be there for our friends, neighbors and loved ones, offer the most professional and dignified service possible, and serve with honesty, loyalty, and a genuine concern for others,” said Autry."With over 150 years combined experience in the funeral business, we are here to continue to serve Henderson, Van Zandt and surrounding counties as we have served in the past," Autry said. "We work with some of the area's finest men and women on staff, and each are committed to serving their hometown with professionalism and compassion. Our people are people you know and trust, people that have been a part of the Athens community for many years, and cherish the career that they have chosen." Joining and taking on a management role in Autry's Carroll-Lehr is Brady Autry, son of Barry and Jana Autry. He is married to Melanie Kate, a kindergarten teacher in Mabank, and they have one son, Bennett. They are members of First Baptist Church in Athens. He served as general manager of Royal Oaks Funeral Home and Memorial Park Perpetual Care Cemetery in Mesquite for three years before moving his family to Athens in 2014 to manage Oaklawn Memorial Park Cemetery, and is proud to again take a management role in both the funeral home and Perpetual Care Cemetery.He, along with the current Carroll-Lehr staff, look forward to continuing the quality service that was established by Lenar... (Athens Daily Review)
