Meet Our Staff

Julia (Raines) Broadus

Owner

Jim Raines

Owner

Ann Raines

Owner

Katie Karney Thomas

Licensed Funeral Director in Charge

Kathryn “Katie” Karney Thomas, LFDIC – Licensed Funeral Director In Charge. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, I was born to Patrick T. and Mary C. Karney, currently residing in Belize, Central America. I was raised in Jacksonville with my siblings, Colleen (Alan) Spring of Belize, Central America, Brian (Kim) Karney of Baltimore, Maryland, Shannon (Amy) Karney of Orange Park and Patrick C. Karney of Orange Park. I attended Bishop Kenny Catholic High School and graduated from St. Joseph’s Academy in St. Augustine. After starting my family, I was accepted to Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and completed my Associates Degree in Funeral Services at Florida State College at Jacksonville. I am a parishioner at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Fleming Island and a resident of Clay County with my two children, Mikaela and Kierin. Funeral service has been my true calling since 2002. I am very passionate about the love and support that I bring to the families we serve. And to those families I say…….thank you for the trust.

Olivia Shows

Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer

Olivia L. Shows, Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer. Originally of Buffalo, NY, resident of Jacksonville, FL since August of 2018. Graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, Bachelors of Science in Applied Arts and Sciences, class of 2017 with concentrations in drawing, design and anatomical studies. Graduate of Florida State College at Jacksonville, Associates of Science in Funeral Sciences, class of 2020. 

With backgrounds in both the arts and sciences, as well as a generous heart, Olivia feels she brings a different perspective to Funeral Directing that allows her to plan and conduct beautiful services with special attention to small details. In her spare time, she can be found working on personal art projects, exploring for a good antique or thrift item, and enjoying the loss of time in galleries, museums and book stores. 

Craig Seaton

Planning Specialist-Community Liaison-Memorialist

I am a Florida native, born in 1958 in Lake Wales to Dennis and Frances Seaton. On May 16, 1981 Tami Lynn Walls looked me in the eye and said “I do” at the altar of First Nazarene Church in Bradenton. God graced us with two amazing children: our son, Tylor in 1982; our daughter, Tara in 1989 - and some of the most beautiful grandchildren you've ever laid eyes on!

I'm a professional musician (former lead singer and keyboardist of Littlerock and The Southern Express Band back in the 1970s), national award-winning songwriter, and author. I also perform "Golden Oldies" concerts at many senior centers, nursing homes and other Northeast Florida musical events.

Leaving the music business in 1982, I joined the Navy a few years later. Almost a decade after serving in Operation Desert Storm as an acoustic analyst and helicopter rescue crewman aboard the aircraft carrier, USS America, I retired.

I began my career in the funeral and cemetery profession soon after retiring from the service. Since then I have served thousands of Jacksonville families. I am a Florida-licensed pre-need agent, insurance agent and memorial/monument expert.

I've designed thousands of cemetery monuments for families all over northeast Florida and southeast Georgia. My designs include monuments for a few notable folks including Country-Western legend, Slim Whitman; Louis and Mary Huntley (founders of Jiffy Lube Corporation and Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts philanthropists); and one of Jacksonville's tragic civil-rights-era murder victims, Johnnie Mae Chappell. I was commissioned in 2015 to design the new Clay County "TAPS" Veterans' Monument - which was installed in the Clay County Historical Triangle located in Green Cove Springs in October of 2017. This monument honors the County's residents who fell in battle from the Civil War to present and future conflicts.

A freelance writer, my first book, Some Perfect Tomorrow, was released June of 2021. It features true stories of some of the many families I've helped through loss over the years. My writing has been published in Southern Calls (the premier periodical for southern U.S. funeral directors), the Florida Times-Union, Clay Today and several online sources. Learn more at craigseaton.com

As the Planning Specialist and Community Liaison for A Dignified Alternative-Hatcher Cremations, I serve our families by providing Pre-need Cremation Planning; Aftercare Service and Community Education (seminars about how to plan your final arrangements in advance and informing veterans of their Veterans' Burial Benefits). Many families choosing cremation also desire interment of the cremated remains in local cemeteries.

I can design and install any type of monument or memorial for those who wish to remember their loved ones in this manner. I am proud to bring my years of expertise to our family-owned business, and am fully committed to provide personalized service to every family in our community and its surrounding counties.