Faries Funeral Directors and Crematorium, Inc. was established in 1831 in Smyrna, Delaware. Faries Funeral Home is Delaware's oldest funeral establishment, having served the Smyrna/Clayton area for over 180 years. We are now in our 6th generation of business and are listed as the 7th oldest funeral home in the nation by American Family Business Magazine. Our goal at Faries Funeral Home is to meet the needs of our families and provide the service and facilities necessary for a funeral ceremony that will leave the survivors with a pleasant, lasting memory of their loved one. We are there to direct, advise and handle the necessary arrangements of the funeral ceremony and offer our services wherever needed.
Wells A. Faries, Jr. is the sixth generation of the Faries family to call on the funeral business. Wells graduated from Smyrna High School in 1973 and Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1974, following which he served his internship under the watchful eye and experience of his father Wells A. "Lex" Faries.
Harvey W. Faries with assistant John Hawkins in 1910.
Our 1st Motor Hearse, S&S Style Packard,1910's to 1920's.
Our 2nd Motor Hearse. Sayers & Scvovell pictured in 1925.
Faries Funeral Home in the 1920's with a Sayers & Scvovell Hearse.
Our 4th Motor Hearse, 1932 Eureka "Chieftian" LaSalle Chassis.
Our 5th Motor Hearse, Eureka, year unknown.
Our 6th & 7th Motor Hearses, 1940 and 1948 Meteor Cadillac. Body style did not change between years. 1940 model pictured.
Article about the 1949 Remodeling.
Faries Funeral Home in 1949.
1949 Interior Remodeling.
Our 8th Motor Hearse, 1958 Cadillac.
The News Journal 3/9/1992.
From left to right: Wells A. "Lex" Faries, Sr., Wells A. Faries, Jr., and Robert T. Faries in 1993 during the arrival of the new 1992 Cadillac Hearse.
Faries Funeral Home in 2002.
Large chapel expansion in 2003.
Completed chapel expansion. Pictured in 2008.
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Faries Funeral Directors and Crematorium, Inc. was established in 1831 in Smyrna, Delaware. Faries Funeral Home is Delaware's oldest funeral establishment, having served the Smyrna/Clayton area for over 180 years. We are now in our 6th generation of business and are listed as the 7th oldest funeral home in the nation by American Family Business Magazine. Our goal at Faries Funeral Home is to meet the needs of our families and provide the service and facilities necessary for a funeral ceremony that will leave the survivors with a pleasant, lasting memory of their loved one. We are there to direct, advise and handle the necessary arrangements of the funeral ceremony and offer our services wherever needed.
