Bradshaw-Carter Funeral Home

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• Ronald Francis Bradshaw

  Co-Founder, Deceased 2008

  Ronald Francis Bradshaw served his Funeral Director apprenticeship at Geo. H. Lewis and Sons in Houston before co-founding Bradshaw-Carter with his partner in 2003. For years prior, Bradshaw was one of New York's most respected interior decorators, with work regularly featured in Architectural Digest and Vogue. He believed a funeral home should be a home serving only one family at a time. The red-bricked, Georgian-style Bradshaw-Carter, which opened in March 2004, looks like a baronial mansion. Bradshaw was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June 2007 and passed in June of 2008.

• Michael 'Tripp' Carter

  Co-Founder, Funeral Director, Certified Crematory Operator, Licensed Pre-arrangement Counselor

  Bachelor of Science degree from Tulane University; Licensed Funeral Director; Certified Crematory Operator; Licensed Pre-arrangement Counselor

  Michael 'Tripp' Carter co-founded Houston's Bradshaw-Carter Memorial & Funeral Services in 2003. Prior to entering the funeral business, Tripp held management positions in fundraising for Rice University, The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, and The Menil Foundation. He serves on numerous Houston community boards and committees including the American Cancer Society, Asia Society Texas Center, and St Anne Catholic Community.

• Raymond J. Bradshaw

  Funeral Director & Embalmer, Certified Crematory Operator

  Associate of Applied Science in Funeral Service degree in funeral directing and embalming; Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer in Texas; Certified Crematory Operator in Texas; 2002 graduate of Commonwealth Mortuary Institute

  Raymond J. Bradshaw, Ron Bradshaw's brother, leads the embalming and restorative arts services at Bradshaw-Carter Memorial & Funeral Services. He is a member of the Texas Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association. He is a member and attends Holy Rosary Catholic Church.

• Clay Dippel

  Funeral Director & Embalmer, Certified Crematory Operator

  Licensed in Texas as a funeral director and embalmer; Certified crematory operator through the Cremation Association of North America; 2019 graduate of Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service with degree in funeral service and mortuary science

  Born and raised in Baytown, Clay Dippel joined the Bradshaw-Carter family in August 2018. He studied sociology and philosophy at Texas A&M University, graduating with honors in 2012, and graduated at the top of his class with honors and distinction from Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service in Houston in 2019. He was awarded the Dr. George Poston Memorial Scholarship Award and is a member of the National Funeral Service Honor Society. Before joining Bradshaw-Carter, Clay was an award-winning broadcast television journalist who spent several years as a producer at KHOU 11 News in Houston. He is active in civic engagement and community outreach.

• Suzanne Smock

  Coordinator, Certified Crematory Operator

  Certified Crematory Operator; In the profession since 2001

  Suzanne Smock is Bradshaw-Carter's coordinator and certified crematory operator for the on-site crematory. She specializes in administrative care for client families, helping to draft death certificates, contracts, permits, organize transportation, catering, obituaries, printed materials, financials, and logistics. Born in Port Jervis, New York, she has been a Houstonian since age four. She is active in the Houston Jewish Community and involved in several children's charities.

• Sonja Mitchell

  Licensed Pre-arrangement Counselor

  Licensed Pre-arrangement Counselor; Graduate of the University of Houston; Over twenty years of experience in the field

  Sonja Mitchell is a Pre-arranged Funeral Consultant and Memorial Design Specialist with over twenty years of experience. She provides assistance to families with funeral pre-arrangements and memorial design.

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