Before our firm was Napier Funeral Home & Crematory, it was the J.M. Posey & Son Funeral Home. That business was started in 1879 under the direction of Mr. John Posey. It was in a three-story building that had a furniture store on the first floor and a funeral home upstairs. This was only the beginning of a great story of a business that would turn into what it is today.
In 1960, William Sammie Napier began working for the Posey family. Getting his funeral directors license in 1976, he became the manager of one of three locations that the Posey family had. The Graniteville location. For 18 years he would manage that location until he purchased the firm in 1994.
In 1997 Sammie's wife Glenda, left her job as the Vice President of Aiken County National Bank after 35 years of service to help run Napier Funeral Home with her husband.
In 2006 Sammie and Glenda hired a 16 year old named Clint Jackson who was very interested in the funeral profession. Clint worked visitations, funerals and made death calls during the night while going to school during the day. When Clint graduated from high school, the Napier's put him through mortuary college where he earned his degree, passed his national and state board exams and went on to become a Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer in South Carolina and Georgia. In March of 2022 Mr. Napier made Clint the General Manager of the funeral home and decided to retire.
In April of that same year Mr. Sammie was diagnosed with cancer and knew that his time on earth was getting shorter. On September 30, 2022 Mr. Napier passed away peacefully at his home in Aiken South Carolina. In October, Clint and his wife Gracie purchased the funeral home, built a crematory onsite and are very proud to carry on the legacy of Mr. Sammie Napier.
