Elizabeth City, NC Twiford Funeral Homes has been honored by the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) with the 2012 Pursuit of Excellence Award. This year Twiford Funeral Homes was one of only seven funeral homes from around the world recognized for having achieved this award for twenty-five years or more. Receiving this prestigious recognition places Twiford Funeral Homes among an elite group of funeral service providers. Pursuit of Excellence Award recipients raise the bar on funeral service excellence by adhering to the highest ethical and professional standards and providing unsurpassed service to families and communities.

To earn an NFDA Pursuit of Excellence Award, a participating funeral home must meet or exceed business standards set forth by the program and demonstrate proficiency in key areas of funeral service, such as compliance with state and federal regulations; providing ongoing education and professional development opportunities for staff; offering outstanding programs and resources to bereaved families; maintaining an active level of involvement within the community; participating and actively serving in the funeral service profession; and promoting funeral home services through a variety of marketing, advertising and public relations programs. Participants are also required to adhere to a Pledge of Ethical Practices.

“Twiford Funeral Home’s voluntary participation in the Pursuit of Excellence Award program reflects a clear determination to exceed the expectations of those they serve,” said NFDA Chief Executive Officer Christine Pepper, CAE. “This prestigious recognition assures families of the high-quality, compassionate service they will receive the moment they walk through the funeral home’s front door.”

Twiford Funeral Homes has served Northeastern North Carolina since 1933 with locations in Elizabeth City, Manteo and Hatteras. The funeral home owns and operates the Albemarle Crematorium and New Hollywood Cemetery in Elizabeth City, and Laurel Memorial Gardens in Poplar Branch. “It is an honor for our firm to be recognized and honored by the National Funeral Directors with this award,” said David H. Twiford, Sr., president and CEO.

More information about the NFDA Pursuit of Excellence Award program can be found on the association’s website,www.nfda.org/pursuitofexcellence.

NFDA is the world’s leading and largest funeral service association, serving 18,500 individual members who represent nearly 10,000 funeral homes in the United States and 43 countries around the world. NFDA is the trusted leader, beacon for ethics and the strongest advocate for the profession. NFDA is the association of choice because it offers funeral professionals comprehensive educational resources, tools to manage successful businesses, guidance to become pillars in their communities and the expertise to foster future generations of funeral professionals. NFDA is headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., and has an office in Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth City, North Carolina – As the general trend of newspaper readership decreases nationwide and with society today becoming ever more mobile, the Twiford Funeral Homes has taken it upon themselves to make sure that the public is informed as quickly as possible about upcoming funeral service times. http://www.TwifordFH.com

David H. Twiford, owner, says, “Since people are reading the local newspaper less than they did in the past, and that people who grew up in our communities have now moved away, it has made it difficult to inform the public about funeral times. That is why we have taken the responsibility to do so with the creation of our Obituary Notification System.”
The Twiford Funeral Homes has implemented six new systems to inform as many members of our communities as possible of upcoming funeral service information.

The www.TwifordFH.com website has been created to notify Google and the other search engines immediately once an obituary notice has been added to the website. This will allow people who are searching for the deceased’s name to find the funeral service information quicker. In as little as fifteen minutes for the time the obituary has been added to the website, people can Google the deceased’s name and find the obituary and funeral information.
The Obituary Email Notification Service allows members of the public to enter and confirm their email address and then will receive a daily email with any new obituary notices in the evening and if there are not any new obituaries, they will not receive any notifications.

The next two new Obituary Notification features are for users of Social Media. As soon as the obituary is added to our website, a tweet is sent to the funeral home’s Twitter account (@twifordobits – http://twitter.com/twifordobits) so that followers on Twitter can receive the obituary information. The same is true for Facebook as a link is automatically sent to the funeral home’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TwifordFuneralHome).

Another addition to the Obituary Notification System is the “Share Obituary” features. One of which is an email form which is similar to a “Tell A Friend” website form. This is where one reader of the online obituary can easily email it to a friend who may not be aware of the funeral. For those who connect via Social Media, each obituary has ‘Share’ buttons at the bottom so that the reader can share the information through Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and other social channels.
The latest enhancement to Twiford Funeral Home’s Obituary Notification service is the addition of QR Codes. QR codes are barcodes that can be scanned using most smartphones. Once the code is scanned it directs the phone to a website URL, displays a message or opens up a contact (business) card that can be saved to the phone. Every online obituary displays its own unique QR code to allow visitors to access and save the obituary page to their phone.
“It is amazing how many people locally use these features. Most people come to our obituaries from a Google search and secondly through Facebook. We have also found that a lot of people who have moved away from our area use one of the subscription services, such Email, Facebook or Twitter to stay connected to their home town”, Twiford stated.

To see all of the features of Twiford Funeral Homes’ Obituary Notification System, visit http://www.TwifordFH.com/obituaries

By recognizing that families we are serving need not only our complete focus, they need the support of family and friends and if we can help in the notification, then we have begun to meet their needs.
Since 1933, the Twiford family has continuously owned and operated Twiford Funeral Homes, now being managed by its fourth generation, with locations in Elizabeth City and on the Outer Banks, owns its own crematory and two cemeteries. The Twiford Funeral Homes have been recognized in the funeral profession as leaders for technology and online services.

 

Contact Information:
David H. Twiford
Twiford Funeral Homes
David.Twiford@twifordfh.com
(252) 335-4395 or (252) 473-2449

July 7, 2010

David H. Twiford, owner of Twiford Funeral Homes, LLC, Cemeteries, and Crematorium is pleased to announce the future location of a new facility which will be located in Poplar Branch, NC, adjacent to its perpetual care cemetery, Laurel Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The funeral home will be a state of the art facility, having a professional operating/embalming room, a formal chapel, and viewing/visitation suites to provide the residents of Currituck County and the northern end of Dare County a more centrally located facility for funerals and visitations. The new funeral home will be the only one in the Albemarle and Outer Banks area of North Carolina that will be a cemetery/funeral home combination, which will provide convenience by having everything at one location, as well as being able to offer additional benefits to the families being served by Twiford Funeral Homes. Twiford states the grand opening is targeted for mid 2011. Twiford Funeral Homes, LLC, Cemeteries and Crematorium is a local family owned business that has served the area communities since 1933 with four funeral homes, two cemeteries and a crematory.

David Twiford, owner of Twiford Funeral Homes has just launched his new website. The new, innovative website is user friendly and is designed with the goal of the Northeastern North Carolina community to have quick access to funeral service information and allow the family and friends to share in the grieving process by adding condolences and tributes and watching memorial tribute videos and even a video replay of the funeral service if the family wishes to.

http://www.TwifordFH.com

As David Twiford added, “Our new website takes our business to the next level in keeping up with the latest online resources for our community. Part of this change is that our new website has put the power of Google to allow members of the community to instantly search for funeral information of a recently deceased friend or relative. Plus there are many other tools to for the public including our online grief video series.”

A funeral can and should be as unique as the life that is being celebrated. Don’t feel that you have to have a cookie cutter type of service or that your ideas for a special ceremony are foolish.

You shouldn’t feel pressured or rushed into making a decision. We want to help you make
the arrangements that you want.

Personalizing a funeral or memorial service can be very therapeutic–it gives you and your family something to concentrate on as you relive memories. It’s also welcomed by family and friends attending a visitation or service because it gets them involved and provides a topic of conversation when they might otherwise not know what to say. We offer many ways to personalize a service.

Ask questions and make suggestions; we want to assist you in any way we can to ensure that your loved one is memorialized in a meaningful way.

Elizabeth City, NC Twiford Funeral Homes has been honored by the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) with the 2012 Pursuit of Excellence Award. This year Twiford Funeral Homes was one of only seven funeral homes from around the world recognized for having achieved this award for twenty-five years or more. Receiving this prestigious recognition places Twiford Funeral Homes among an elite group of funeral service providers. Pursuit of Excellence Award recipients raise the bar on funeral service excellence by adhering to the highest ethical and professional standards and providing unsurpassed service to families and communities.

To earn an NFDA Pursuit of Excellence Award, a participating funeral home must meet or exceed business standards set forth by the program and demonstrate proficiency in key areas of funeral service, such as compliance with state and federal regulations; providing ongoing education and professional development opportunities for staff; offering outstanding programs and resources to bereaved families; maintaining an active level of involvement within the community; participating and actively serving in the funeral service profession; and promoting funeral home services through a variety of marketing, advertising and public relations programs. Participants are also required to adhere to a Pledge of Ethical Practices.

“Twiford Funeral Home’s voluntary participation in the Pursuit of Excellence Award program reflects a clear determination to exceed the expectations of those they serve,” said NFDA Chief Executive Officer Christine Pepper, CAE. “This prestigious recognition assures families of the high-quality, compassionate service they will receive the moment they walk through the funeral home’s front door.”

Twiford Funeral Homes has served Northeastern North Carolina since 1933 with locations in Elizabeth City, Manteo and Hatteras. The funeral home owns and operates the Albemarle Crematorium and New Hollywood Cemetery in Elizabeth City, and Laurel Memorial Gardens in Poplar Branch. “It is an honor for our firm to be recognized and honored by the National Funeral Directors with this award,” said David H. Twiford, Sr., president and CEO.

More information about the NFDA Pursuit of Excellence Award program can be found on the association’s website,www.nfda.org/pursuitofexcellence.

NFDA is the world’s leading and largest funeral service association, serving 18,500 individual members who represent nearly 10,000 funeral homes in the United States and 43 countries around the world. NFDA is the trusted leader, beacon for ethics and the strongest advocate for the profession. NFDA is the association of choice because it offers funeral professionals comprehensive educational resources, tools to manage successful businesses, guidance to become pillars in their communities and the expertise to foster future generations of funeral professionals. NFDA is headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., and has an office in Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth City, North Carolina – As the general trend of newspaper readership decreases nationwide and with society today becoming ever more mobile, the Twiford Funeral Homes has taken it upon themselves to make sure that the public is informed as quickly as possible about upcoming funeral service times. http://www.TwifordFH.com

David H. Twiford, owner, says, “Since people are reading the local newspaper less than they did in the past, and that people who grew up in our communities have now moved away, it has made it difficult to inform the public about funeral times. That is why we have taken the responsibility to do so with the creation of our Obituary Notification System.”
The Twiford Funeral Homes has implemented six new systems to inform as many members of our communities as possible of upcoming funeral service information.

The www.TwifordFH.com website has been created to notify Google and the other search engines immediately once an obituary notice has been added to the website. This will allow people who are searching for the deceased’s name to find the funeral service information quicker. In as little as fifteen minutes for the time the obituary has been added to the website, people can Google the deceased’s name and find the obituary and funeral information.
The Obituary Email Notification Service allows members of the public to enter and confirm their email address and then will receive a daily email with any new obituary notices in the evening and if there are not any new obituaries, they will not receive any notifications.

The next two new Obituary Notification features are for users of Social Media. As soon as the obituary is added to our website, a tweet is sent to the funeral home’s Twitter account (@twifordobits – http://twitter.com/twifordobits) so that followers on Twitter can receive the obituary information. The same is true for Facebook as a link is automatically sent to the funeral home’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TwifordFuneralHome).

Another addition to the Obituary Notification System is the “Share Obituary” features. One of which is an email form which is similar to a “Tell A Friend” website form. This is where one reader of the online obituary can easily email it to a friend who may not be aware of the funeral. For those who connect via Social Media, each obituary has ‘Share’ buttons at the bottom so that the reader can share the information through Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and other social channels.
The latest enhancement to Twiford Funeral Home’s Obituary Notification service is the addition of QR Codes. QR codes are barcodes that can be scanned using most smartphones. Once the code is scanned it directs the phone to a website URL, displays a message or opens up a contact (business) card that can be saved to the phone. Every online obituary displays its own unique QR code to allow visitors to access and save the obituary page to their phone.
“It is amazing how many people locally use these features. Most people come to our obituaries from a Google search and secondly through Facebook. We have also found that a lot of people who have moved away from our area use one of the subscription services, such Email, Facebook or Twitter to stay connected to their home town”, Twiford stated.

To see all of the features of Twiford Funeral Homes’ Obituary Notification System, visit http://www.TwifordFH.com/obituaries

By recognizing that families we are serving need not only our complete focus, they need the support of family and friends and if we can help in the notification, then we have begun to meet their needs.
Since 1933, the Twiford family has continuously owned and operated Twiford Funeral Homes, now being managed by its fourth generation, with locations in Elizabeth City and on the Outer Banks, owns its own crematory and two cemeteries. The Twiford Funeral Homes have been recognized in the funeral profession as leaders for technology and online services.

 

Contact Information:
David H. Twiford
Twiford Funeral Homes
David.Twiford@twifordfh.com
(252) 335-4395 or (252) 473-2449

July 7, 2010

David H. Twiford, owner of Twiford Funeral Homes, LLC, Cemeteries, and Crematorium is pleased to announce the future location of a new facility which will be located in Poplar Branch, NC, adjacent to its perpetual care cemetery, Laurel Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The funeral home will be a state of the art facility, having a professional operating/embalming room, a formal chapel, and viewing/visitation suites to provide the residents of Currituck County and the northern end of Dare County a more centrally located facility for funerals and visitations. The new funeral home will be the only one in the Albemarle and Outer Banks area of North Carolina that will be a cemetery/funeral home combination, which will provide convenience by having everything at one location, as well as being able to offer additional benefits to the families being served by Twiford Funeral Homes. Twiford states the grand opening is targeted for mid 2011. Twiford Funeral Homes, LLC, Cemeteries and Crematorium is a local family owned business that has served the area communities since 1933 with four funeral homes, two cemeteries and a crematory.

David Twiford, owner of Twiford Funeral Homes has just launched his new website. The new, innovative website is user friendly and is designed with the goal of the Northeastern North Carolina community to have quick access to funeral service information and allow the family and friends to share in the grieving process by adding condolences and tributes and watching memorial tribute videos and even a video replay of the funeral service if the family wishes to.

http://www.TwifordFH.com

As David Twiford added, “Our new website takes our business to the next level in keeping up with the latest online resources for our community. Part of this change is that our new website has put the power of Google to allow members of the community to instantly search for funeral information of a recently deceased friend or relative. Plus there are many other tools to for the public including our online grief video series.”

A funeral can and should be as unique as the life that is being celebrated. Don’t feel that you have to have a cookie cutter type of service or that your ideas for a special ceremony are foolish.

You shouldn’t feel pressured or rushed into making a decision. We want to help you make
the arrangements that you want.

Personalizing a funeral or memorial service can be very therapeutic–it gives you and your family something to concentrate on as you relive memories. It’s also welcomed by family and friends attending a visitation or service because it gets them involved and provides a topic of conversation when they might otherwise not know what to say. We offer many ways to personalize a service.

Ask questions and make suggestions; we want to assist you in any way we can to ensure that your loved one is memorialized in a meaningful way.