Chattanooga has gained a new entry in the funeral home business as a longtime, family-owned Cleveland, Tennessee, operation has set up a location in the Scenic City.
Companion Funeral and Cremation Service opened last month near the Shallowford Road Post Office at 6018 John Douglass Drive to better serve the area and its customers, said Robbie Cody, who with wife, Shelli, and children, Trae and Allie, started Companion more than a decade ago.
Cody said in an interview that the family sees Companion “more as a ministry” than a business.
“It’s making it as easy as possible” on its clients, he said.
Mike McDowell, a principal at Companion, said it already had been serving families in the Chattanooga market using a local church.