Duane Hills Funeral Director and Author - One Block West Of The White House
Sep 23, 2026 · 2 hr 1 min · 14 segments
Chris sits down with special Guest Host John Taylor and special Guest Funeral Director and Author Duane Hills.
Sep 23, 2026 · 2 hr 1 min · 14 segments
Chris sits down with special Guest Host John Taylor and special Guest Funeral Director and Author Duane Hills.
Dwayne HillsGuest
Chris BoggsHost
John TaylorHost
And that now understanding and even the firm back home was also an SCI firm as well that handled everything back where internment took place.
I will tell you that, especially if they're going to go to the capital of Rotunda, typically that involves the military district of Washington.
So Gullars has had a longstanding relationship with the district of Washington.
But, you know, there was a there was a Supreme Court justice that passed away while I was there that did not use Gullars.
And that was a shock because Gullars has had probably 40 some Supreme Court justices down through the years.
I found out later that the the son was a Catholic priest and had a great association with the funeral home in Northern Virginia.
You can't bury everyone, right? But I will tell you, I went to watch the service because I wanted to observe my competition.
Of course, you know, I wasn't critical openly when I was I shared a few things with my staff that, you know, we wouldn't have done, but that's, you know, everyone does things a little differently.
yeah, I mean, I think one of the most, uh, one of the like moments that stick out in my mind of, you know, high notoriety services was, um, first lady Barbara Bush at the, uh, museum in texas how off-centered the casket was on the beer for that service i remember that and it's just like let's talk
about that for a minute please so was nancy reagan's and so was president reagan's casket okay all right so we actually corrected that i'm gonna those situations are Usually military pallbearers.
And that now understanding and even the firm back home was also an SCI firm as well that handled everything back where internment took place.
I will tell you that, especially if they're going to go to the capital of Rotunda, typically that involves the military district of Washington.
So Gullars has had a longstanding relationship with the district of Washington.
But, you know, there was a there was a Supreme Court justice that passed away while I was there that did not use Gullars.
And that was a shock because Gullars has had probably 40 some Supreme Court justices down through the years.
I found out later that the the son was a Catholic priest and had a great association with the funeral home in Northern Virginia.
You can't bury everyone, right? But I will tell you, I went to watch the service because I wanted to observe my competition.
Of course, you know, I wasn't critical openly when I was I shared a few things with my staff that, you know, we wouldn't have done, but that's, you know, everyone does things a little differently.
yeah, I mean, I think one of the most, uh, one of the like moments that stick out in my mind of, you know, high notoriety services was, um, first lady Barbara Bush at the, uh, museum in texas how off-centered the casket was on the beer for that service i remember that and it's just like let's talk
about that for a minute please so was nancy reagan's and so was president reagan's casket okay all right so we actually corrected that i'm gonna those situations are Usually military pallbearers.
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