Our Story

BASKERVILLE FUNERAL HOME - Has been "committed to caring and sincere service" since its founding in the 1940's. The home was established as "Rawls and Claybrooks," and then became "Rawls and Baskerville," prior to Mr. William H. Baskerville's assuming sole ownership in the 1950's. Over the years, the Baskerville Funeral Home has rendered such community services in the past such as: (1) transporting people to and from physicians' offices for appointments; (2) providing an ambulance service; (3) providing life insurance; (4) transporting people to and from the polls for voting; and (4) providing office space for community meetings.

Mr. William Baskerville was born January 19, 1919 in the Belmont community near Mason, TN. William Henry Baskerville was born the fifth child of Arthur and Virginia Baskerville. He was wed to his wife of forty-eight years; Olga Vern Donald Baskerville on December 23, 1947.

Mr. William Baskerville (1919-1996) attended Tennessee State University, and earned a Mortuary Science degree from Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science, Nashville, Tennessee. He was a man who was tremendously dedicated to his profession, his family, his church, and his community.