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Meet Tom Conway
Owner & 5th Generation Funeral Director
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Family Owned & Operated Since 1935
In 1935, Joseph "Joe" William Yates and his partner, Mr. Burns, opened Burns and Yates Funeral Home in Fort Pierce. Within a few months Mr. Burns moved to Miami, and the funeral home became Yates Funeral Home. The original location was at 524 North Fourth Street, and at this time, we also served as an ambulance service.
In 1943, Joe Yates bought Fee Mortuary and their unfinished building on US#1. By 1944, Joe, his wife Hattie, and daughter Sally, welcomed baby Bill into the new funeral home.
After Joe passed in January of 1965, Bill commuted from Fort Pierce to Miami to complete his degree in Mortuary Science at Miami Dade in 1967. In 1978, Bill Yates opened Yates Funeral Home in Port Saint Lucie.
Today, the funeral home is operated by Thomas G. Conway, Jr. (Tommy), who is Tom and Lisa's oldest son and a fifth-generation funeral director and embalmer. Tommy is a graduate of John Carroll Catholic High School in Fort Pierce and Miami Dade College with a degree in Funeral Service.
Yates Funeral Home joined the Order of the Golden Rule, an International Funeral Organization, in 1962 and is still a proud member today.
For nearly 90 years, the Yates family has been honored to serve families in our community during their most difficult times.
What's Inside Your Free Guide
- Step-by-step checklist for creating your plan
- Information about pre-payment options
- Guidance on making meaningful decisions
- Resources for discussing plans with family
Why Plan Ahead?
It's Easy
You can take your time creating arrangements that best suit your needs and preferences, and all you have to do is fill out a form or meet with a member of our staff to put your plan in place. Anyone can create a plan, at any stage in their life, and you can make changes at a later date if you wish.
Decide How You'd Like to Be Remembered
Creating your own unique life celebration allows you to make sure that your wishes and desires are respected upon your passing. However you decide to be memorialized, pre-planning and preparation gives you control over the personal decisions that must be made when a person moves on from this life.
Take the Burden Off Your Family
When a loved one passes, the family faces an overwhelming number of tasks and decisions, all while struggling through grief and a range of difficult emotions. By taking care of your arrangements before the time of need, you're relieving them of that burden and giving them more time and energy to focus on healing and remembrance.
Pre-Payment Options Available
While pre-funding your funeral is certainly not required in order to pre-plan, pre-payment means that your funds will be set aside and protected against inflation and unforeseen increases in cost. Your family won't have to worry about payment, and can enjoy peace of mind knowing that everything has been taken care of.
What if I Move?
Once you create your pre-plan with us, we store it in our files as a record of your final wishes and decisions. Your plan is easily transferable to any funeral home in the United States, so it can be used wherever you might choose to relocate. No matter where you live at the time of your passing, or which funeral home's services you decide to use, we'll make sure that your plan follows you there.
Where Do I Start?
The first step is to review our Pre-Planning Checklist to help you consider all of your possibilities and gather all of the information you'll need. Download your free guide above to begin creating your personalized arrangements. You can also contact us to schedule a time to meet with a member of our staff to discuss your options and design your plan in person.