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We are delighted to welcome Sharon Middleton to our team as a funeral arranger. She has worked within the bereavement sector for five...

We are delighted to announce that Tester & Jones Funeral Services in now on Instagram @testerandjonesfuneralservices where we'll be...

While our office is based in Crowborough, we are often called upon to conduct services a little further afield too, including our...

Over the years, the way in which a deceased person is transported to their final resting place has altered – mostly due to the mode of...

While funerals aren’t quite normal at the moment, we’ve discovered, over the years, that there are a number of frequently asked questions...

The 22nd February is international ‘walking the dog day’, so we thought we’d look a little about how having a furry friend can help you...

The dress code across many professions has certainly become more casual over the years and, since lockdown, a lot of people have...

People working in the funeral business deal with death every day – but that doesn’t mean that we become immune to it. We all have coping...

We were delighted to receive a copy of the Local Business Directory 2021 from Crowborough and District Chamber of Commerce this week....

Anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one knows that grief can be lonely, particularly if it is a long-term partner who has...

Very often when you attend the funeral of a loved-one, the day will seem to pass by in a blur. You will be focusing on your own grief,...

We’d like to take this opportunity to not only send you our warm Christmas wishes during this festive period, but to also pass on our...

Today, in a world of social media, many of us find ourselves discovering about a death of somebody we know online, perhaps through a...

While our local crematoriums have offered the chance to watch funerals online for a while now, this has tended to an option taken up by...

We are delighted to have recently become a sponsor of our local football club, Crowborough Athletic. You can now see our logo on the...

The technology offered by our local crematoriums, such as large screens, has meant that families have been able to adapt their services...

During this difficult time when funeral services are restricted to 30 people, you might think that our families would order fewer copies...

Throughout this difficult time, we have been touched by the different ways our families have adapted to the changing rules and have...

One of the things we are most proud of since Tester & Jones was established is the ongoing support given to family and close friends...

Somebody who attended a funeral recently has kindly taken the time to write about her experience.