Bradshaw-Carter Memorial & Funeral Services

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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 just that—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-Carter believed that beauty can soften sorrow and Bradshaw's plan was to ensure everyone, not just the city's elite, could experience the ultimate goodbye experience. Bradshaw was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June 2007 and passed in June 2008.

• Michael 'Tripp' Carter

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

  Bachelor of Science from Tulane University; Licensed Funeral Director

  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 the Houston community in numerous board and committee roles including Member of the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society, Member of the Board of Trustees at Asia Society Texas Center, and past member of various capital campaign committees.

• 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; Member of Texas Funeral Directors Association and National Funeral Directors Association

  Raymond J. Bradshaw, Ron Bradshaw's brother, leads the embalming and restorative arts services at Bradshaw-Carter Memorial & Funeral Services. A 2002 graduate of Commonwealth Mortuary Institute, he is licensed in both funeral directing and embalming from the State of Texas and is a certified crematory operator. He is a member and attends Holy Rosary Catholic Church.

• Clay Dippel

  Funeral Director & Embalmer, Certified Crematory Operator

  Licensed funeral director and embalmer in Texas; Certified crematory operator through Cremation Association of North America; Degree in funeral service and mortuary science; Member of National Funeral Service Honor Society; Mu Sigma Alpha award winner for outstanding academic proficiency

  Born and raised in Baytown, Clay Dippel joined Bradshaw-Carter in August 2018. He began his work in funeral service while in high school at Crespo & Jirrels Funeral Home in Baytown. He studied sociology and philosophy at Texas A&M University, graduating with honors in 2012, then graduated with honors and distinction from Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service in Houston in 2019. At Commonwealth, he was awarded the Dr. George Poston Memorial Scholarship Award for highest achievement in embalming and restorative art. An award-winning journalist, Clay previously worked as a producer at KHOU 11 News in Houston. He is a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, Cremation Association of North America, The Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice, and International Cemetery Cremation & Funeral Association.

• Suzanne Smock

  Coordinator, Certified Crematory Operator

  Certified crematory operator

  Suzanne Smock is Bradshaw-Carter's coordinator and certified crematory operator for the on-site crematory. In the profession since 2001, Suzy specializes in administrative care for client families, helping draft death certificates, contracts, permits, organize transportation, catering, obituaries, printed materials, and manage financials and logistics. Born in Port Jervis in the Catskill mountains of upstate New York, she has been a Houstonian since age four. The daughter of a Holocaust survivor, she graduated from The Hebrew Academy in 1991 and married Brian Smock in 1999. She is active in the Houston Jewish Community and involved in children's charities.

• Sonja Mitchell

  Licensed Pre-arrangement Counselor

  Licensed Pre-arrangement Counselor

  Sonja Mitchell is a Pre-arranged Funeral Consultant and Memorial Design Specialist. She is a graduate of the University of Houston and has over twenty years of experience in her field, providing assistance to families with funeral pre-arrangements.

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