

Slack and her son, John Dallas Slack, CFSP, a 1978 Cum Laude graduate of the same Cincinnati College. Slack's unexpected death placed the funeral home under the ownership and direction of Doris T. Slack and his wife Doris, purchased the business and property and continued the tradition of caring for the citizens of Ellicott City, Howard County and the surrounding area- first as Higinbothom-Slack Funeral Home and, since 1971, as The Slack Funeral Home. This building was originally constructed in 1893 as a private residence. Higinbothom ceased operations on Main Street and began offering services out of the facility on what is currently known as Old Columbia Pike. In 1954, after purchasing the building and property where the funeral home now stands, Mr. Please join us in Loving, Sharing and Memorializing Chandler Richard Slack on this permanent online memorial. He passed the State and National Board exams and received his funeral directors and embalmer licenses, continuing the association with Mr. View The Obituary For Chandler Richard Slack. Slack utilized the GI Bill and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Embalming. In 1952, after serving in the Korean conflict, Mr.

When not on duty, he would often assist Mr. Slack served as a Patrolman for the then three-member Howard County Police Department. In the late 1940s after serving in World War II, John R. Higinbothom returned from West Virginia to his native home of Ellicott City and began providing quality funeral service for the community from several different locations on Main Street in "downtown" Ellicott City, until settling on a mid-block location at what is now 8231 Main Street.

Since 1929 our funeral home has been honored to serve the families of our community.īeginning in 1929, Frank C.
