Cemetery Board

Purpose

The Board shall have the power and duty to regulate preneed burial contracts and perpetual care trust fund accounts, including, but not limited to, the authority to prescribe preneed contract forms, disclosure requirements and disclosure forms and to require reasonable bonds to insure performance or preneed contracts and regulate and register sales personnel employed by a cemetery company.

Term

Four years; no more than two successive terms

Composition

The Cemetery Board shall consist of seven members to be appointed by the Governor as follows: four cemetery operators who have operated a cemetery in the Commonwealth for at least five consecutive years immediately prior to appointment, no more than two of whom shall be affiliated with a cemetery company incorporated in the Commonwealth which is owned, operated or affiliated, directly or indirectly, with a foreign corporation; one representative of local government, and two citizen members. Appointments to the Board shall generally represent the geographical areas of the Commonwealth.

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Current Board Members

Member:Donald E. Wilson
Seat: Cemetery Operator
End Date:6/30/2026
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Member:Dr Charletta H. Barringer-Brown
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2026
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Member:David M. Farris
Seat: Cemetery Operator
End Date:6/30/2028
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Member:Mrs. Caroline Seibold Smyth
Seat: Cemetery Operator
End Date:6/30/2028
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Member:Beverly Cocke
Seat: Local Official
End Date:6/30/2029
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Member:Susan Mini
Seat: Cemetery Operator
End Date:6/30/2029
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Member:James Young
Seat: Member of the General Public
End Date:6/30/2029
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