Opened November 2012; LaTasha Company reported as the first African American woman to open her own funeral service business in
Historic Black community mortuary at 47th & Avalon in South LA; MLK Jr. attended the chapel in the 1960s. Building
Originally Harris Colonial Mortuary on Martin Luther King Jr. Ave; Gillis Monroe purchased it 1983, relocated 1989. Tied to early
Family-owned full-service mortuary serving San Bernardino, Highland, Redlands, Fontana, Rialto for 100+ years; traces to Stephens & Bobbitt (1923).
Historic mortuary founded 1922; in 1925 the first Black-owned business incorporated in California. Building by African American architect Paul R.
Founded as James Woods Funeral Parlor 1928; renamed Woods-Valentine 1958. One of the oldest Black-owned businesses in Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley;
Founded 1948; third-generation Black-owned family business. Locations include Crenshaw/View Park, Compton, and Firestone.
Family firm founded ~1978; grew to multiple mortuaries plus a crematorium. Locations: Inglewood, LA, San Bernardino, Long Beach area.
Inland Empire branch of the Black-owned Simpson’s Family Mortuary chain.
