Staff
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.
Ideal Funeral Parlor, Inc.
Worked 1st funeral July 22, 2016.
I am a daughter of Roscoe and Lady Bessie Black. I am the eldest of 7 children. I attended West Florence High School and graduated in 1988. I also did 3 years at Florence-Darlington Tech.
I was married, 27 years, to the late Arthur Alford Jr. and to this union 10 children were born.
I have always had the desire to be a mortician and even went to school for it. I’ve always wanted to work for Ideal Funeral Parlor, even as a young teenager. I used to ask the elder, Mr. Rufus Hawkins, to hire me every time I got close to him . I wanted it that bad.
I simply LOVE being a part of the Ideal team because we are a family. Our director, Mr. Douglas Hawkins, knows everyone and everyone knows him.
I love meeting the families and being able to SERVE each and every one has been a tremendous blessing.
Mrs. Debbie Paige-Cain, a lifelong native of Florence, SC, is the proud mother of three children, Jeremy, Chad and Chasity; and eight grands. I earned an Associate degree from Florence Darlington Technical College.
I have been blessed to serve in this ministry with Ideal Funeral Parlor, Inc. for 20 ½ years. I do believe that God placed me with Ideal to be a blessing to the families we serve. My motto is “If I can help somebody as I travel along, then my living will not be in vain.”
I proudly work and serve with Ideal Funeral Parlor, Inc.
