About Us

Many years ago, North Funeral Home was founded in Elizabethton by H.S. North. In 1943, Donald W. Tetrick purchased the North firm upon moving to Elizabethton from Joplin, Missouri. Don Tetrick and his father, the late Glen W. "Pappy" Tetrick, operated Tetrick Funeral Home together until Pappy Tetrick retired in 1960.

In 1963, the Riverside Chapel was added to the former residence from which Tetrick Funeral Home operated. This structure was one of the first formal church-type chapels to be added by any funeral home in this region. In 1968, Richard Tetrick graduated from the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science and joined his father, Don, in the operation of Tetrick Funeral Home. In 1974, Don and Richard opened Tetrick's Rhododendron Chapel in Roan Mountain, Tennessee. Don Tetrick retired in 1981 and sold his interest in the business to Richard, but Don is seen helping his friends around the community almost every day.

In 1984, Tetrick Funeral Home was extensively renovated and expanded, with the removal of the original structure that had housed the operation for many years. In 2001, the Chapel of Peace was added and the entire building was completely remodeled. In addition to its original Riverside Chapel and the Chapel of Peace, the building now features two drawing room chapels. With the increase in the number of night time funerals, four services can now be conducted in the building at one time

Tetrick Funeral Home is now one of the most modern and largest full service funeral homes in the Southeast United States.