OUR  HISTORY

A.F. Crow & Son Funeral Home was founded in 1928 in Glasgow, Kentucky by Aubrey F. Crow Sr. Mr. Crow was a native of Allen County where he was a partner with his brother, Thomas W. Crow, in the funeral business in Scottsville beginning in about 1915. He moved to Glasgow in 1928 and established Crow Mortuary on East Main St. Most of the embalming and visitation were done at the deceased home in those days and the funerals were usually in the home or at their church.

In 1936, Mr. Crow purchased property at the corner of Broadway and East Washington St. for the construction of the first “home for funerals” in the area. Construction was completed in 1938 and the business was renamed Crow Funeral Home.

Throughout the 1930’s and 40’s, Mr. Crow’s two sons, Aubrey F. Crow, Jr. and James W. Crow worked with their father in the operation of the business. Both sons were called to duty and served with the armed services in both WWII and Korea. After returning from the Korean War, Aubrey Crow Jr. returned to work with his father and in the mid 1950’s became a partner. The two did extensive remodeling of the funeral home and added a chapel for services in 1959 and renamed the firm A. F. Crow & Son Funeral Home. During all these years the funeral homes also provided 24 hr. emergency and convalescent ambulance service for the area as did most funeral homes in the state. This service continued until December 31, 1974 when the Barren-Metcalfe Ambulance Service was implemented and took over the ambulance needs of the county.

Aubrey Crow, Sr. died suddenly in 1961 at the age of 71. His son and partner, Aubrey Crow Jr. continued the operation of the firm until his untimely death in 1965 at the age of 49. These two sudden loses left the surviving wives, Clara D. Crow and Lois Gene Biggers Crow with a funeral home and no family member of age to take over the business so Aubrey Sr.’s other son James W. Crow agreed to step in and managed the funeral home for the next year after the death of Aubrey, Jr.

In 1966, Dale South, a senior funeral director for A. F. Crow & Son, purchased James Crow’s interest in the funeral home and managed the business until his retirement in 1973. At this time another director with the firm, David Depp, purchased Mr. South’s interest and managed the funeral home. A. F. Crow, Sr.’s grandson Aubrey Follis Crow III started his apprenticeship under Mr. South at the age of 18 and purchased the interest of then manager David Depp in 1979 at the age of 26 and retired in 2019.

Now owned by John Horan from Denver, who has been in the industry for 40 years, encourages the staff at A.F. Crow & Son to honor the legacy of the Crow family who has taken care of this community for 95 years.