2336 Meeting Street Rd, North Charleston, SC 29405
Services
The facility includes a chapel with wooden pews and red cushions, multiple visitation rooms, conference spaces for family consultations, and a reception area with comfortable seating. The building features framed certificates and credentials displayed throughout, with a fish tank in the waiting area creating a calming atmosphere. Their fleet includes multiple black hearses and vans for transportation services. A white horse-drawn carriage is also available for processions.
Suburban Funeral Home emphasizes personalized service with detailed consultations to meet survivors' specific needs. Their staff coordinates efforts across embalmers, cosmetologists, barbers, lady attendants, and grave diggers to ensure comprehensive care.
Suburban Funeral Home stands as one of the oldest Black-owned businesses in the Charleston area, with roots in the Union Heights neighborhood dating back to 1954. Founded by William A. Holmesâwhose family had been in Charleston's funeral business since 1899âthe establishment became more than a service provider; it served as a community hub offering financial assistance, legal advice, and meeting space for neighborhood activities. The Holmes family started Union Heights' first Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts troops and provided part-time employment to residents.
The business closed in 2014, then reopened in April 2016 under Leroy Rivers, manager of The Ministry of Rivers Funeral Home in Goose Creek, SC. Rivers, who founded his Goose Creek funeral home in 1990, approaches Suburban as a ministry focused on serving the community. The funeral home now serves Charleston, North Charleston, and surrounding low-country areas from its Meeting Street location.
Giving thanks to god, Chosen by god, Pastor Alston, a mortician and a Counselor, One of the most compassionate, mortician, that Pray, and minister to the grieving Family, during and after the transition of your love ones. Truly Administering to the needs of the Family...
Working with this funeral home was a blessing to myself and my family. The warm, welcome and patience helped make us get through a really hard time.
I met with the funeral Director ( Rev. Alston) just about two years ago concerning my mother's final needs. He explained everything that I would need from start to finish. He kept in touch and did everything he said he would. When my mother passed away, all I did was make the tel...
The staff at Suburban Funeral Home demonstrated excellent service for my mother who recently went home to glory. Each individual we encountered showed empathy, kindness, they were sympathetic and showed compassion towards family and friends during the time of our loss. They opera...
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