AFDA Updates
News and Announcements
2024 Convention Schedule Announced!
Join us for the most impactful and dynamic event of the year – the AFDA 2024 Convention! We're...
Selected Leadership Academy Celebrates Graduating Class
2021-2023 Graduating Class Honored as New Participants Welcomed CHICAGO, Ill. – May 10, 2023 —...
Garbrick and Wilkinson Announced as Recipients of Fall 2022 Second-Career Scholarships
LINCOLNSHIRE, IL — December 19, 2022 — Selected Independent Funeral Homes’ Educational Trust has...
SFLIC Announces 62th Anniversary
SFLIC completes its 62nd year of conducting business with a portfolio of final expense whole life...
IMPORTANT AFDA Board Statement
AFDA spokesperson Chad Gallagher released the following statement from the board regarding today’s...
Selected Independent Funeral Homes to Host 104th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. – July 25, 2022 — Selected Independent Funeral Homes will host its 104th Annual...
Memorials
Everett Smith, Jr.
Everett Smith, Jr., age 94, of Glenwood, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, December 23, 2025. He was born on February 22, 1931, in Aly, Arkansas, the son of Everett Smith, Sr. and Lela McCormick...
Alton Wayne Speer
Alton Wayne Speer, of Rector, passed away on March 12, 2024 at the age of 76. He was born on March 1, 1948, in Campbell, Missouri. Alton graduated from Rector High School in 1966. He served in the...
