Our History
The Bath-Naylor Funeral Home & Crematory of Pittsburg, Weir and Columbus, KS traces its roots back to 1900. In 1987 the Bath Funeral Home of Pittsburg (formerly the E. K. Smith Funeral Home); the Naylor Funeral Home of Weir and the Naylor-Quinn Funeral Home of Pittsburg (formerly the B. C. Morgan Funeral Home) merged to form the Bath-Naylor Funeral Homes of Pittsburg and Weir. The Naylor Funeral Home had a location in Scammon, Kansas from1924 to 1972 at which time the Weir and Scammon locations were combined at the Main Street location in Weir, KS. In 1987 a new building at 522 S. Broadway in Pittsburg was constructed which is the current home of the Pittsburg firm. In 1998 a crematory was constructed at the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home in Weir and the name was changed to the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home & Crematory of Pittsburg and Weir. Bath-Naylor is the only funeral home in the immediate four state area that has its own crematory facility. We do cremations for several area funeral homes as well as for our own. In 2001 the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home & Crematory was built on South Highway 69 in Columbus, KS. With this addition we are able to serve all of southeast Kansas, as well as parts of Missouri and Oklahoma.Former funeral directors and owners that are now deceased include A. W. & Ann Naylor; E. K. Smith; Sim Wesonig; T. W. “Tom” & Nobie Bath; A. E. “Ned” Naylor; Ed & Frances Quinn and B. W. “Bob” Bath. In addition Doris Naylor, wife of Ned Naylor, currently retired and living at rural Weir, KS and Joy Bath Huffman, currently retired and living in Joplin, MO.
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Joe Naylor, Funeral Director & Embalmer
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Sally Naylor, Funeral Director
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Ashley Naylor-Long, CPC, Business Manager, Funeral Director & Pre-planning Consultant
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Shaun Jewell, Funeral Director, Embalmer & Pre-planning Consultant
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David Grimaldi, Funeral Director, Embalmer & Pre-planning Consultant
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Therapy Dog Cinder, Therapy Dog
Cinder is a female Labrador Retriever who brings comfort to our funeral home families. Her owner is funeral director, David Grimaldi.
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Alyssa Hixon, Funeral Director
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Alex Butler, Assistant Funeral Director
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Duane Elmore, Assistant Funeral Director & Embalmer
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Ashlee Murray, Office Manager at Pittsburg location
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Laura Grotheer, Office Assistant & Funeral Support Staff
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Anthony Morgan, Crematory Manager
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Ken Waltrip, Funeral Support Staff
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Ryan Sumpter, Funeral Support Staff
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Daryl Gaddy, Funeral Support Staff
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Steve Davis, Funeral Support Staff
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Debra Humble, Office Assistant at Weir location
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Dorothy Oberbeck, Office Assistant at Columbus location
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Marsha Merando, Office Assistant at Frontenac location
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Kelli Parsons, Office Assistant at Pittsburg location
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Saragene Rhuems, Office Assistant at Frontenac location
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Brandon Scholes, Highland Park Cemetery Manager
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Pam Piper, Funeral Support Staff
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Rick Paulie, Funeral Support Staff
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Paul Lyle, Funeral Support Staff
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Amy Barnhisel, Office Assistant
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John Kohler, Fleet Manager
