| Lawrence County's Oldest Funeral Home Serving the Tri-State Area with "A Tradition of Service" Since 1896 |
| The funeral home began in 1896 at the crossroads of Rankins Creek and State Route 243 in Getaway. Mr. Schneider sold caskets out of his general store and the interiors for the caskets were made in a building located behind the home. The building still stands today located behind the home of Dick and Sharon Lang (former Schneider homeplace). |
| John Edward "Ed" Schneider Founder |
| First location in Chesapeake. Moved to this location in 1927. The building is still standing at the foot of the Robert C. Byrd Bridge and houses the offices of The Village of Chesapeake. |
| Natural Gas Explosion of 1942. Funeral Home was moved immediately following this accident. |
| Funeral Home was moved to this location on Big Branch Road following the 1942 accident. This home was built in 1936 and suffered damage from the Flood of 1937. The original size of the home was 24 ft. x 24 ft. The original part of the home is used today as the front entryway and register book signing area. |
| This is a photograph of the home above with the south addition added on in 1943. If a funeral was held in the funeral home, the service was conducted in the addition on the left of the building. The room is currently used today as a third visitation room. |
| On the left of the building, a porch was added in between 1948 and 1960 along with the back addition. The porch is currently used as a business office as it was later enclosed. |
| The current picture shows the addition on the right side of the building. This was completed in 1972 and is used as our chapel and can be converted into two visitation rooms. Notice from the picture above that the front doors now are located where the windows used to be under the sign. |