Staff

R.J. "Rocky" Bevis
Licensed Funeral Director
President

Rocky Bevis was raised in Tallahassee and is a graduate of Leon High School and Miami-Dade College. Rocky worked side by side with his father, Russell Bevis, before taking over ownership of Bevis Funeral Home in 1998. He is very active in the Tallahassee community where he is a member of the Hospice Board of Directors, Tallahassee Lions Club, Capital Tiger Bay Club, Knight Foundation, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Foundation, and Chairman of the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation. He and his wife Patti are also members of Faith Presbyterian Church where he serves as an Elder.

Contact Me: rockybevis@yahoo.com

Patti Brewster Bevis
Vice-President

Patti Brewster Bevis was raised in Tallahassee and graduated from Leon High School. After receiving her degree in education from FSU, she taught at Belle Vue and Raa Middle Schools. Pattie retired in 2006 after 32 years of teaching. She is a lifelong member of Faith Presbyterian Church. Her favorite pastime is enjoying her grandson Leo, who was born on September 26, 2007.

Contact Me: pattibbevis27@comcast.net

Tholley Taylor
Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer

Mr. Taylor is a 1998 graduate of Leon High School in Tallahassee and 2001 graduate of Mid-America College of Mortuary Science in Jeffersonville, IN. He also attended Jefferson Community College in Carrollton, Kentucky. He is active with Springtime Tallahassee, Marzuq Shrine, Tallahassee Northside Rotary and Tallahassee Young Entrepreneurs Organization where he currently serves on the board. He has been with Bevis Funeral Home since March of 2003 and resides in Tallahassee with his wife, Sarah and son, Leo.

Contact Me: tholleyt@yahoo.com

Todd Wahlquist
Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer

Mr. Wahlquist joined our team in the spring of 2000. He is a native of Bristol, Florida, and a graduate of Liberty County High School and Jefferson State College in Birmingham, Alabama and also holds a degree from Florida State University. He and his wife Myla have raised their three children in Tallahassee since 1996. Todd is an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and is a member of the Independent Order of Oddfellows and The Masons.

Contact Me: toddwahlquist@yahoo.com

David Conn
Manager/Licensed Funeral Director
Bevis Funeral Home of Crawfordville

David grew up in Wakulla County and graduated from Wakulla High School. He also graduated from St. Petersburg College of Funeral Service and is a member of Crawfordville United Methodist Church, the Free and Accepted Masons, the Crawfordville Lions Club and the Big Bend Hospice Advisory Council in Wakulla County. He is married to Tiffany Wylie Conn.

David "Dave" Pendleton
Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer

Mr. Pendleton is a Graduate of Indiana College of Mortuary of Science; he is a long time resident of Leon and Gadsden Counties. Mr. Pendleton is a former owner of Pendleton Monument Co. in Tallahassee. He joined the Bevis Family in March of 2010 as a Funeral Director of the Quincy Division, and is the General Agent of Capital Monument Co., a subsidiary of Bevis Funeral Homes. He is Active in Washington Lodge #2 Free and Accepted Masons of Quincy, Quincy Rotary Club, and the Quincy Lions Club. He is married to Patricia L. Pendleton; they reside in Havana, Florida.

Henry Harrison
Associate

Mr. Harrison is a graduate of Eufaula High School in Eufaula, Alabama, and enlisted in the Army shortly thereafter. Mr. Harrison is a graduate of Rhema Bible Training Center (1993), and is an ordained minister. Recently, he has completed a class on Mortuary Law and is a licensed Direct Disposer and Embalmer’s Apprentice. He is currently attending TCC with the goal of obtaining his Funeral Director license. Henry and his wife Linda have resided in Tallahassee since 1982; they have one daughter (Jocelyn) and son-in-law (Scott) and are the proud grandparents of Brittany. Henry has been with Bevis Funeral Home since October of 2007.

Contact Me: henrywithbevis@yahoo.com

Gordon "Sonny" Martin
Associate

Gordon "Sonny" Martin was raised in Cairo, Georgia, and has been in Tallahassee since 1967. He joined the Bevis staff in 2005 following his retirement from the insurance industry. He and his wife, June, are members of St. Paul's United Methodist Church. Sonny has served as Past President of Capital Lions Club and member of the Tallahassee Chapter of the American Red Cross Board of Directors. Currently he is a member of the Marzuq Shrine Center, International Order of Odd Fellows, Masonic Lodge, and the Tallahassee Lions Club.

Ruben Garcia
Associate

Ruben Garcia was born in San Antonio, Texas and served 4 years with the United States Air Force. He is a 1975 graduate of the University of Florida, and has lived in Tallahassee, Florida since 1975. Married to Melanie in 1995, he is a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Ruben retired from Kraft Foods in 2006 and is currently employed by Bevis Funeral Home. He enjoys working with people and lending an empathetic ear when needed.

Carol Metcalf
Office Manager, Bevis Funeral Home of Crawfordville

Carol Metcalf has been employed at Bevis Funeral Home since August 1989. She was born and raised in Perry, FL and is married to Ronnie Metcalf. She has a daughter and two granddaughters. She is a member of the Panacea Congregational Holiness Church which her husband has pastored since May 1989.

Ronnie Metcalf
Associate - Bevis Funeral Home Crawfordville

Ronnie has been employed with the Bevis Funeral Home since in 1998. He was born and raised in Pancea, Florida. He married Carol Metcalf on January 31,1969 and has a daughter and two granddaughters. He is an ordained minister and has pastored Panacea Congregational Holiness Church since May 1989.

Betty Deese
Administrator, Bevis Funeral Home of Tallahassee



Lamar Alday
Crematory Supervisor, Bevis Funeral Home of Tallahassee

Lamar was born and raised in Greensboro, Florida. He graduated from Greensboro High School in 1975 and retired from the Gadsden County School system in June 2007 after 32 years. He is a deacon at the First Baptist Church of Greensboro, the town council of Greensboro, the Greensboro Volunteer Fire Dept., and Big Bend Hospice Advisory Council in Gadsden County. He has been married for 25 years and has two sons and has been blessed with one granddaughter, Peyton Elizabeth.

Charles Metcalf
Bevis Funeral Home of Crawfordville

Marie Buzbee
Bevis Funeral Home of Crawfordville

Evelyn Conn
Bevis Funeral Home of Crawfordville

Gary Allshouse
Bevis Funeral Home of Crawfordville

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