I have not signed the papers to release my love one to them I cannot do it until Monday. But I want…read moreto write this to let everybody know that once I called gilley's family funeral I was completely and totally at rest. I knew that my fiance was going to be in good hands and they have anything you need to help you with being able to pay for it they're very caring very loving people and I cannot wait to meet them in person and I am happy that they were able to accommodate me and made me feel like I did not have to worry about anything else they were going to make sure that everything I needed was going to be taken care of complete comfortable my mind is a little more at ease

Last year my brother had passed away and I contacted this Crematory and they were amazing from…read morestart to finish....Kind, Patient and Understanding is the best way I can describe them.....With having to deal with loss, they just made things as easy as possible for me...I am appreciate and Thankful....In such a hard time in our lives, I would recommend Gilley's to fulfill your needs

I cannot say enough good things about Heath from Cremation Services of Mid Florida. He was super…read morekind and compassionate and put my entire family at ease from the very first phone call. He took his time to explain things and answer any questions we had. He was knowledgeable and made the whole process as quick and painless as possible. Thank you Heath for helping my family!

Our experience with Cremation Services of Mid Florida was excellent. We found them attentive,…read moreknowledgeable, prompt, easy to reach and trustworthy. And the cost was more than reasonable.

They provided exactly what we wanted at a price we could afford. They were very easy to deal with…read moreand also delivered the ashes and death certificates to our home which we greatly appreciated. I would highly recommend this business to anyone looking for a very simple cremation.

First off, I question the ethics of a funeral home being owned and run by the sitting mayor of the…read morecity. When I was notified of my mother's body being found, someone from Whitfield had already collected her body before I was even formally notified by police of her death. According to people who work in the senior housing facility where my mother lived, this is not an uncommon occurrence. It seems that Mr. Whitfield does ineed use his position as mayor to position his business in a way that is clearly a conflict of interest. That aside, I would like to share my experience with the business as a customer. I dealt with Mr. Whitfield directly, and I can't say it was a positive experience in any way. I understand that we all deal with death differently, but I didn't feel any empathy from this man at all. It was all business with him. At one point, he even referred to "your father" even though it was my mother's body. That lack of attention to detail bothered me. Dealing with them was this agonizing game of phone tag where I ultimately had to get a lawyer involved in order to get my mother's ashes back from them in anything approaching a timely fashion. It took almost three weeks! Almost made the memorial service late. And when I went to pick up her ashes, they had made a mistake on the paperwork that I needed to sign for pickup. Also, a complete lack of sympathy or empathy from them at the time. I cannot recommend against them strongly enough. Learn from my experience, and go somewhere else. Anywhere.

Nice place, great services. My whole family went thru this funeral home.read more

These people were very kind and patient. I have to type 85…read morecharacters but have nothing else to say.

They were compassionate and caring during a very difficult loss for our family. The makeup artist…read moredid a wonderful job.

The Willow Lawn Cemetery is an African-American burial place just west of downtown Lake Wales. It…read moreis located next door to Washington Park across Highway 27, on Washington Avenue near Florida's Natural. The Lake Wales Cemetery was established in 1918 when the Lake Wales Land Company that founded the city donated 9.3 acres of land "on a pine knoll west of town" for a cemetery. Additional land was acquired in 1938, and the Lake Wales Cemetery on U.S. Highway 27 was expanded to its current 27.4 acres. Only whites could be buried there because of the segregation laws in place at the time which necessitated the creation of a place where the African-American community could bury their dead. According to a sign in the back of the Willow Lawn Cemetery, it looks like this place was used as an unofficial place of burial for the African-American community long before it became a recognized cemetery. The 10-acre Willow Lawn Cemetery on Washington Avenue was deeded to the City by a group of African-American community churches in 1941. The oldest part of the cemetery is a back field area where there is a single sign honoring all those buried unmarked in the field before 1941. It is likely that the graves here had wood markers that decomposed over time. Another section of the cemetery contains graves from the 20's and 30's but records were not kept until the 40's and 50's. The earliest people buried here would have come to the area to work in the turpentine industry. The hard work and exploitive practices of the turpentine industry and lumber industry were documented by Zora Neale Hurston in her famous work, Of Mule and Men. Later African-Americans found work in the railroad and citrus industries. In 1921 the Lake Wales Land Company subdivided a new plat just north of town on the other side of the railroad tracks for the African-American community known informally as "the Quarters." Many of the citrus packing houses were built in the surrounding areas which the community worked at. Interestingly this hallowed historic land is still used as a cemetery today. As such it is well maintained. The Willow Lawn Cemetery holds the history of the African-American pioneers who built Lake Wales. More can be leaned about the early settlers and history of the cemetery from the Lake Wales Historical Society.

The owners and family of Seigler Funeral home were very supportive, kind, and extremely caring to…read moremy friend Esteban Santos Jr. They were very attentive, knowledgeable and helpful during the shocking death of his father. Thank you, you will forever be in our hearts. God Bless

3 days ago Blane was the Director for my Father in laws…read morefuneral he was so compassionate friendly and very attentive to our needs. thank you so much for the beautiful service

We used gentry Morrisons last week for my Dad they are the greatest at making the arraignments and…read moremaking you feel at ease . Thank you Blane and staff for all that you do.