Deb, Duval closed their main location, a beautiful turn of the century mansion, about 5 or more years ago. The next few years they operated out of what they referred to as the "Northside Chapel", which was on the north side of Tampa. I was there a couple years ago and noticed another name added to the Duval name, but I don't remember what it was. Many, if not most, of the funeral homes in Tampa have changed hands in the past 5-6 years. Due to a corporation coming in and buying many of the larger ones, the family owned and operated homes have suffered. The few that have closed have made every attempt to have their records preserved. Duval was a family owned operation with an excellant reputation, so I'm guessing that someone has their records. I'll drive by the location tomorrow and see if there is a sign or any indication of what happened to the Northside Chapel. I also have a couple friends in the business who might be able to shed some light. I drive by the location somewhat regularly and honestly didn't notice that they were gone. Marc Whetsel ----- Original Message ----- From: Debbi Abney <abney6@home.com> To: <FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: October 23, 2000 8:01 PM Subject: [FLHILLSB] RE: Where is Duval Funeral Home? | Hi Listers... | I need help in locating a Funeral Home if any one is familiar with Tampa. According to my g.aunt's obit (01/14/1964)----- | "The Northside Chapel, Duval Funeral Home, 103(5)20 [3 or 5] Florida Ave. is in charge of local arrangements". | I tried every search engine to try to locate this place but can't seem to get anywhere. I thought that maybe it changed owners, but couldn't even locate the address or street name. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. | TIA | Deb Bishop-Abney | abney6@home.com | researching: BISHOP, BROWN, CARLSON, MOORE, BRISTOL, GARRETT, ROBINSON, BRECKENRIDGE, FOOSE, KRICK | | | ============================== | Search more than 150 million free record at RootsWeb | http://search.rootsweb.com/ |