

Franklin Walker Carnes, Sr. Franklin W. "Frank" Carnes, Jr.
1908-1988 1931-1982
Currently the firm has 5 licensed funeral directors:
Franklin W. "Rusty" Carnes, III Michael D. Carnes
President, is a licensed funeral Secretary Treasurer is a licensed funeral
director and embalmer with 29 diector and embalmer with 30 years of
years of experience. He attends experience. He attends First Baptist
First Baptist Church Galveston. Church Galveston.
Franklin W. Carnes, IV is a Felton Jones, Jr.
graduate of Commonwealth Institute is a licensed funeral director and
and is a licensed funeral director embalmer with 47 years of experience.
with 7 years of experience. He attends Jerusalem Baptist Church
He attends First Baptist Church Galveston. of Galveston.
Ernest W. Gonzales, Jr.is licensed Hearsey P. "Buddy" Sproull (retired
and has 25 years of experience. license) has over 70 years of experience.
He attends Moody Memorial First He attends Moody Memorial First United
United Methodist Church of Galveston. Methodist Church of Galveston.
Edward L. Spiller has 47 years of experience. Charles "Chuck" Lawrence has 3 years.
He attends St. John's Baptist Church of He attends West Isle Presbyterian
Galveston. Church of Galveston.
John Williams has 15 years of experience. Betty Lou Williams, the office manager, has
He attends First Baptist Church Galveston. 15 years of experience and has computer
and graphic skills that are second to none.
She attends First Baptist Church Galveston.
Ernest Rivera is a licensed insurance Danny Hill is a licensed insurance agent
agent with 18 years of experience. He with 5 years of experience. He represents
represents several Insurance Companies as the Texas Memorial Life Insurance
our pre-arranged funeral coucelor. Company as our pre-arranged funeral
He attends The Fellowship Church in councelor. He attends The Island Church
Texas City. He speaks Spanish! in Galveston.
Patricia Suderman "Peter- Pat" Dickerson,
"the jewel" of the funeral firm, has been with the
firm since day one and enjoys a life history in
the business as the granddaughter of one
of Galveston's old funeral homes and then
the owner of it for a number of years before
joining the staff of Carnes Brothers. She attended
St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church before
joining St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Galveston.

About Us
The Carnes Brothers have dedicated their lives to the service of others. They
are lifetime Galvestonians by choice; aware of all the history of this grand
community and involved in every aspect of it. They are able to connect families
with every resource that is available from anywhere in the world. Being
completely involved in every aspect of Galveston life has afforded them many
opportunities that only come with many years of participation. This is a
resource that is shared with the families they serve.
Pictured below is Franklin W. Carnes, Sr. , the grandfather and Franklin W.
"Frank" Carnes, Jr. the father of brothers Rusty and Michael . Their values of
honesty, hard work, fairness and service to others is still remembered and
practiced today.