Sharp Funeral Homes rebuild Miller Road Chapel in Swartz Creek State-of-the-art facility Home, andationother Sharp chapel fire destroyed it in 2018 e their service porary location for Sharp Funeral Home, and the other Sharp chapels will open this spring afterin Fenton. tinden and rnd Blans areas to include Swartz Creek area By Sally Rummel No one knows better than Roger Sharp, founder and chief executive of- ficer of Sharp Funeral Homes, how Out of the emotions of grief and sad ness, the Sharp family's enormous ap- preciation for their community's sup- port gave them a desire to re-build and become stronger than ever An accidental fire swept through their location on Miller Road on May 16, 2018, destroying the entire building One year later, Sharp expects a brand new building to be open and fully op- The Miller Road Chapel, one of four It's going to be magnificent" Sharp owned and operated by the Sharp Fu- said, anticipating a Spring opening. The new Miller Road Chapel of neral Homes family, had served fami lies in this community and surrounding areas for decades and its loss would be a huge void for area resident ARP FUNERAL HOME Sharp Funeral Homes is being built on the same site as its original location at Sharp Funeral Homes' new Miller Road Chapel in Swartz Creek is being built on the Thankfully, the nearby Hill Creek Church stepped up to become a tem a rge, convenient parking lot with same s circular driveway and three covered feature a banquet room for up to 175 people. Photo courtesy of Sharp Funeral Homes entrances wll make the building easily accessible in any kind of weather The Sharp family has been very in The family looks forward to the opening of the new Miller Road Cha volved in this project, working closely foot building will find new, state-of with architects and builders through pel, continuing the level of servic Visitors to the new 17,000-square- the-art facilities in a traditional set each step of construction. ting with many modern they have provided to local families It'sgoingtobe Sharp, Sharp Funeral The multi-generational legacy of Homes include fam Sharp Funeral Homes dates back to kitchen facilities, five handicapped accessible magnificent. ly members RJ. Sharp Rod Bowles & Eldred Bowles serv Roger Sharp president of business ing Linden families through Bowles able banquet room and Sharp Fu Michael Funeral Home for many years, Ro Scully, president of fu- er's children, who are grandchildren neral operations; Jenn of Eldred Bowles, operate with him Scully, chapel manager, and the funeral home that their great un r Road ering space will provide comforting fer S in amenities for families suffering the Stephanie Sharp Foster, treasurer and cle and grandfather had operated for