About Us
Celebrating life
As a proud member of the Hernando community, we're honored to help families celebrate their loved ones. We pledge to ensure that every funeral and memorial service is deeply personal, fostering healing and remembrance.
Our promise
Today, tomorrow, and forever, our commitment to you stays the same.
Our incredible staff
Helping families create lasting legacies is more than a job — it's our calling. We are here to support you in any way we can and will offer you the full attention, knowledge, and compassion you need.
Juliette Fagan
Manager, Funeral Director and Embalmer
Juliette, a resident of Hernando, serves as Manager, Funeral Director and Embalmer for Hernando Funeral Home. She has been with the company since 2020. In 2022, she graduated from Northwest Mississippi Community College with an associate of Applied Science. Juliette loves to serve her community and is always looking for ways to get involved in her church, Colonial Hills, and also as a Rotarian with the Hernando Rotary Club. In her free time, she enjoys traveling to New Hampshire to visit family, being outside, and spending time with her son.
Annie Kate Vanlandingham
Funeral Director and Embalmer
Annie Kate Vanlandingham, native of Bruce, MS joined Hernando Funeral Home in June of 2023 as a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer. She is a graduate of the Class of 2022 Funeral Service Technology Program of Northwest Mississippi Community College. She is a member of the Hernando Rotary Club and also serves as a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer for the state of Tennessee. Annie Kate’s passion for funeral service began at a young age while enduring the loss of several classmates. She found passion in being the kind guidance a person needs while adjusting to a new way of life due to the loss of a loved one. She admires to not only bring you her utmost professional care, but lend a helping hand in planning to honor your loved one in way that embodies who they once were.
In her spare time, Annie Kate enjoys spending time with her fiancé, Nathan Massey and cocker spaniel, Millie. She enjoys weekends that land her back in her hometown surrounded by her family and friends who hold the foundation of whom she strives to become each day.
A bible verse that Annie Kate would like to share with the families she serves would be Matthew 5:4, “Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted”
Tanya Pettit
Family Service Advisor
Tanya has been serving families in the North Mississippi community as an aftercare and preneed advisor for over 25 years. She brings with her a wealth of knowledge helpful to those with funeral, cremation, and/or insurance questions related to advanced planning or transferring your existing funeral or cremation prearrangement to Hernando Funeral Home.
She is the “Grammy” to two granddaughters and mother of four sons! When not assisting our families, she is often found umpiring youth baseball games or joining others for Bible study.
She invites you to call her with your prearranged funeral and cremation needs or questions!
A place of healing
We welcome you to explore the Hernando Funeral Home facilities, and invite you to discover a comforting and peaceful place to honor your loved one.
A time to honor, comfort and heal
We help create unique and meaningful memorial services to celebrate your loved one and begin the healing process for families and friends left behind.
We’ll take care of every detail
We'll help you with everything you need with a simple step-by-step process for all of your funeral, cremation and advanced planning.
Unique Funerals and Tributes
Compassionate customer care
We're hiring
Beyond the opportunity to truly make a difference, Hernando Funeral Home offers competitive pay, a healthy work-life balance, and many opportunities for growth.
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