Our Staff

David Tomlinson

Funeral Director/Manager

David serves as a Funeral Director, and was named manager of Stephenville Funeral Home in January 2012, after his brother Billy retired, after 40 years of service to the funeral home, in December 2011. David has been with Stephenville Funeral Home since 1973.

David was born in Dublin, and graduated from Stephenville High School in 1971. He graduated from the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science in 1975. David is very active in the community and his church. He is a member of the Tarleton State University Athletics Texan Club Board of Directors, Stephenville Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and Stephenville Optimist Club. David was honored by Tarleton State University on June 1, 2013, receiving Hall of Fame honors from TSU Athletics for his continued support for athletic programs.

He is married to the former Margaret Burgan of Duffau, and they have a daughter, Kristi and son, Clint; four granddaughters, Elizabeth, Abigayle, Rachel, and Lucy; and grandson Benjamin. He and his family are members of the Graham Street Church of Christ.

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Mark Reynolds

Funeral Director/Embalmer

Mark serves as Funeral Director and Embalmer at both Stephenville Funeral Home and Higginbotham Gorman Funeral Home.

Mark was raised in west Texas and moved to Stephenville to attend Tarleton State University. He graduated from Dallas Institute of Funeral Service in 2000 and has worked at Funeral Homes in DeLeon and Stephenville.

Mark and his wife Kim reside in Stephenville, they have three children, and three grandchildren.

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Oscar Aparicio

Funeral Director/Embalmer

Oscar serves as Funeral Director and Embalmer. He graduated from Dallas Institute of Funeral Service in 1996 but has been in Erath County since 1994. Oscar has been serving families and doing the best job he can in making things easier on those he helps since 1997. He now resides in Morgan Mill where he has been for over twenty years. He has been married to Gwen Aparicio for over 30 years. He is a member of Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, a member of the Lion’s Club as a board member, as well as a Master Mason at Stephenville Masonic Lodge #267. Oscar is also a firefighter for the heroic Morgan Mill Volunteer Fire Department.

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Kristi Tomlinson Cooley

Administrative Assistant

Kristi has served as an administrative assistant for Stephenville Funeral Home since 2016.

Kristi has spent most of her life in Stephenville. She is married and has two children, Elizabeth and

Benjamin. She graduated from TSU in 2015 and is currently enrolled in the Master’s Program at TSU.

Kristi’s favorite thing to do is spend time with her family and her two dogs.

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Rolan Garcia

Funeral Attendant/Technology Support

Rolan is a funeral assistant at Stephenville Funeral Home. He is also the Music Director at Morgan Mill and Bluff Dale Methodist Churches. He enjoys anything having to do with music, arts, and theater. Rolan puts together videos and music for funeral services and has been working for Stephenville Funeral Home since November of 2016.

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Brady Huerta

Funeral Attendant

Brady is currently enrolled in Commonwealth Institue for Funeral Services. He enjoys working funeral services and helps out in any way he can. He is very eager to learn the funeral business. He has been with the company since September of 2022. 

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Leo Cahill

Funeral Attendant

Leo graduated High school from Tolar in 2022. He now attends Tarleton State University to get his degree in construction science. Leo attends Tolar Baptist Church.  Leo's father owns Texas Life Magazine. Leo began working for Stephenville Funeral Home in 2023 and from day one was very eager to do anything that was needed. 

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Theresa Pack Hutchins

Funeral Attendant

Theresa was born and raised in Stephenville, Texas. She has been working with Stephenville Funeral Home since June of 2020. Prior to joining our team she worked for Stephenville ISD for 29 years. Theresa graduated from Stephenville High School in 1979. She has one son, Kyle Hutchins, who lives in Virginia and teaches at Virginia Tech. Theresa has a very kind personality that makes her a great fit to work with families during their times of need. Therefore, Theresa, is a great help to us during services and visitations when needed.

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Sandra Burns

Funeral Attendant

Sandra has been with Stephenville Funeral Home since 2007. She was born in Dublin and graduated from Dublin High School in 1973.

She began the 38 years of her banking career in July 1973 at what began as The Farmers First National Bank in Stephenville and retired from there as Bank of America in 2012. Her coworkers and customers from those years became friends as well as "family". For 9 years following that she worked at Texstar Ford in Stephenville really enjoying her time there learning about the car business and gaining more wonderful friends. Sandra has one daughter, Marissa, and loves her 3 grand-dogs and 1 grand-cat as well as 1 grand miniature pony. Sandra is a member of The Cowboy Church of Erath County. She enjoys travelling when she can. As she truly enjoys being able to be a comfort to people, Sandra helps with our visitations and our Funeral services.

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