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Our staff is committed to providing support, compassion, information, and direction as needed to all members of our community, their families, and friends who are dealing with loss and grief.
Gary is a licensed funeral director and embalmer, is the owner of J. W. Call Funeral Home. He is the son of the late Perry A. Justice and Jean Gross Justice of Pikeville. He is married to Karen Ratliff of Elkhorn City, daughter of Dale and LaVerne Ratliff of Elkhorn. He has three children, Brock Justice, Braye Justice Rueff, and Brandt Justice. Having grown up in the funeral business, he has worked for many years as a funeral director and attended the College of Boca Raton Mortuary Science, where he received his embalming license.
Gary is also a member of the Masonic Lodge 375 F&AM, El Hasa Shrine, and the Pikeville Rotary Club.
Leah is a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer, Leah is a 1989 graduate of Mid-America College of Funeral Service in Jeffersonville, Ind. She is a member of Pi Sigma Eta. Leah has been with J.W. Call Funeral Home since 1989. She is licensed to sell insurance- based pre-arranged funeral plans and life and health insurance in the state of Kentucky. She is the wife of Zeb Hampton and the daughter of the late Earl Francisco of Belcher, Ky. and the late Malissa Damron Francisco.
She and Zeb have two children and two grandchildren. She is an active member of the Pikeville Woman's Club and the Kiwanis of Coal Run and also active with the Floyd-Pike Counties Women Bowlers Assoc. and enjoys bowling on a league that the Funeral Home has sponsored for many years.
Zeb is a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer, Zeb is a 1974 graduate of the Kentucky School of Mortuary Science in Louisville, Ky., which was later to become Mid-America College of Funeral Service. He is the husband of Leah Hampton and the son of Clarence and Vernie Hall Hampton of Jonancy. He and Leah have two children and two grandchildren. He is an active member of Kiwanis International and a member of the Thomas C. Cecil Masonic Lodge F & AM #375 of Pikeville and a member of the El Hasa Shrine and a member of the Moose Lodge #1613. He is a Pike County Deputy Coroner with approximately 300 hours of training through the Department of Criminal Justice Training at Eastern Kentucky State University.
William is a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer is a 2004 Graduate of the Mid-America College of Funeral Service. He is the son of William Henry Meade and Geraldine Bentley Meade, which reside in Letcher Co. He is married to Leona Bolden Meade, daughter of Leon Bolden and Evelyn Newsome Bolden of Sookeys Creek, Pikeville Ky. William has two sons, William Blake & Ashton Daniel Meade. He is also currently employed by the Pike County Coroners Office as a transport driver. William has a total of 12 years of experience in funeral service.
​Brandt is a licensed funeral director and embalmer. He is the son of Gary K. Justice, owner, and Karen Ratliff Justice and is the grandson of the late Perry A. Justice and Jean Gross Justice of Pikeville. He is married to Shelby A. Justice of Brandenburg, KY. Having grown up in the funeral business, he has worked for many years in the funeral home, in hopes to someday follow in his father’s footsteps. Brandt attended Mid-America College of Funeral Service, where he received his Associate’s Degree in 2015. He is also the proud recipient of Mid-America College’s Restorative Art award.