Our Staff

McCreary County Funeral Home
| PO BOX 456 / 48 W Hwy 700
| Whitley City, KY 42653
| Tel: 1-606-376-5358

TODAY'S WEATHER

Jim and Debbie Murphy

Owners

Jim and Debbie are the owner of McCreary County Funeral Home and both serves as President.
Debbie has been a licensed funeral director since 1998 and holds license in both Kentucky and Tennessee. She graduated from Mid America College of Funeral Service and is also an embalmer. She has a son Colby Campbell.

Debbie has been very active in the community and has served on many local civic groups and organizations.

Jim is currently serving his apprenticeship as a Funeral Director. He and Debbie have been married for five years. Jim has two sons: Mack and Ryan.

Telephone: 1-606-376-5358

Email: mccrearyfh@gmail.com

Timothy L. Corder

General Manager, Kentucky Licensed Funeral Director

Tim was born the son of Terry G. and Elisa (Waters) Corder. He is married to Amy L. (Perry) Corder and father to Isaac, Sarah, and Rylee. His grandparents were the late Elbert and Randy (Jones) Corder and Buddy and Jacqueline (Cline) Waters.

Tim started in the funeral service industry with Maxine (Jones) Waters in September of 2007. He is a licensed Kentucky Funeral Director and Life Insurance Agent. He is currently the elected McCreary County Coroner.

Tim is a member of the Clearview United Baptist Church, Orie S. Ware Masonic Lodge, Laurel Heights Order of the Eastern Star, Scottish Rite Covington Valley, and McCreary County Fair Board. He has served as McCreary County Republican Chairman, McCreary County Election Board Republican Member, and Adanta Regional Board of Directors Member.

Telephone: 1-606-376-5358

Gidget J. Slaven

Office Manager / Kentucky Licensed Funeral Director

Gidget is the daughter of Kimberly (Waters) and Michael Crabtree, She is grand-daughter of Jimmy and Maxine (Jones) Waters, and grand-daughter of Bill and Faye (Richmond) Crabtree. Gidget has three children: Skyler, Sidney, and Shaelyn, and married Coleman Slaven in 2009. They resided in Strunk, KY.

Soon after high school Gidget moved to Glasgow, KY, where she lived for 4 1/2 years, while attending Western Kentucky University for a degree in Office System Technologies.

She starting working with her grandpa Jimmy and Maxine in 2014 at the McCreary County Funeral Home. Gidget is a Kentucky Licensed Funeral Director and is enrolled in Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service to obtain her Associate degree of Applied Science for Embalming.

Gidget is a valuable asset to the funeral business, and we are pleased to have her aboard. She is very passionate about her work and loves helping people.

Telephone: 1-606-376-5358

Email: mccrearyfh@gmail.com

Israel Clark

Kentucky Licensed Funeral Director

Israel is the son of Israel and Loretta (Coffey) Clark. He graduated from the McCreary Central High School in 2013.

Isreal sings with the group Journey Home and was a former member of the singing group Kentucky Mountain Trio. He is a member of the Wolf Creek United Baptist Church. He has made his home in Stearns, KY.

Israel brings much compassion and enthusiasm to our team, and we are very proud to have him aboard.

Telephone: 1-606-376-5358

Email: mccrearyfh@gmail.com

Glenna Jones

CFO/ Apprentice Funeral Director

Glenna is the wife of Tim Jones and they reside in Pine Knot, Kentucky. They have three children, Billy, Gwen and Courtney, and five grandchildren.

She has twenty eight years office experience, 26 years at Outdoor Venture Corporation as benefits administrator, her professionalism and dedication to detail are very beneficial to us all.

Glenna is currently an apprentice for funeral directing and looks forward to serving her community.

Telephone: 1-606-376-5358

Email: mccrearyfh@gmail.com

Jimmy Waters

Kentucky and Tennessee Licensed Mortician

Jimmy was born the 16th child of Henley and Lillie Ledbetter Waters. He became a certified EMT, working for the local ambulance service. In 1984 he became elected Coroner of McCreary County. He then enrolled in Mortuary School at Mid-America, becoming a licensed funeral director and embalmer.

He married the late Maxine Jones Waters in 2001. They had 14 wonderful and successful years together as the former owners of the McCreary County Funeral Home.

Jimmy now currently works part time for Jim and Debbie Murphy, the current owners of the funeral home.

He is a valuable asset to the funeral business, and we are pleased to have him aboard. He has a passion of working in the funeral home business.

Jimmy is a member of East Apple Tree Baptist Church and a ordained deacon since 1983. He is a member of Preforming Arts and very active in the community.

Telephone: 1-606-376-5358

Email: mccrearyfh@gmail.com

Larry Jones (1946-2016)

Funeral Director Apprentice

Larry had 13 years’ experience in the funeral business as an attendant. Larry was currently serving his apprenticeship as a Funeral Director and we was very fortunate to have him. Larry was married to Nelda Boyatt for 46 years and they had one son Scott. They resided in Whitley City. Larry was a professional and enjoyed serving his community.

We are deeply sadden by the loss of one of our valued employees and friend Mr. Larry Jones. He was a pleasure to work with and everyone who knew him loved him, he was a kind and generous soul, would do anything for anyone. He always had a smile on his face and good things to say about everyone. He loved the Lord and his family very much. He was devoted to his job and treasured serving his community. He was so proud of being a Funeral Director. It has been an honor to work with Larry and we are sure going to miss seeing his smiling face every day.

Pat Crabtree(1951-2016)

Kentucky Licensed Funeral Director

Patty had worked for the funeral home for eight years. She had two daughters: Jennifer Menhinick of Aeworth, Georgia, and Stephanie Spradlin of Strunk, Kentucky. Patty loved her job and loved serving her community.

We are deeply sadden by the loss of one of our valued employees and friend Patricia “Patty” Aileen Crabtree, she passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2016, at her home in Whitley City, Kentucky being 65 years, 3 months and 17 days old. Patty was a Funeral Director and valued employee of McCreary County Funeral Home.