Camarillo cemetery.Camarillo Cemetery cemetery, name used by early Christians to designate a place for burying the dead. First applied in Christian burials in the Roman catacombs, the word cemetery came into general usage in the 15th cent. : Carriage Services Inc. has agreed to purchase the Conejo Mountain Funeral Home and Memorial Park in Camarillo, the Houston-based company announced. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2007. Details were not disclosed. Conejo Mountain performs approximately 275 funeral services funeral service n → misa de cuerpo presente funeral service n → service m funèbre funeral service funeral n and 390 cemetery interments annually. A new funeral home, sales and administrative facility is currently under construction and expected to be completed before the end of the year. Acquiring Conejo Mountain is consistent with the company's growth strategy that focuses on premier businesses in selective geographic markets with positive long-term demographic trends, said Carriage Services Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Melvin Payne, in a statement. "The acquisition will be Carriage's entree into the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, market and will position us to develop similar opportunities in the greater Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. market," Payne said. Carriage Services is the fourth largest publicly traded death care company in the U.S and operates funeral homes and cemeteries in 38 states. |
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