Ralph Buckner Funeral Home, 400 Anatole Ln NW, Cleveland, TN 37312, US

The business that would become the Jim Rush Funeral Homes has been serving families in Cleveland for over 45 years. For the majority of those years, since 1963, Jim Rush has been there. Back then, Jim worked for Ralph Buckner, Sr. as part of the Buckner Funeral Home. Mr. Buckner sold the business to a Houston, Texas conglomerate in 1973, and Jim stayed on until 1977 when he and Ralph Buckner, Jr. bought the funeral homes back. The name of the business then became the Buckner Rush Funeral Homes. In 1978, Jim Rush took sole ownership of the North Ocoee and Wildwood Avenue Chapels. In 1993, the business, but not the chapels, was sold to Prime, a large Funeral Home conglomerate. Jim maintained ownership and administration of the chapels and was able to bring his son, Greg, on as General Manager, keeping it a family-run business. In 2003 Jim decided that his family could better serve the community by taking personal ownership of the Funeral Homes. That's where we are today. The Jim Rush Funeral Homes are locally-owned and operated by the Jim Rush Family.