Published: May 07, 2008 07:28 pm            

Claybar Funeral Home winner of the 2008 BBB Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics

Special to The Leader



BEAUMONT — Claybar Funeral Home, with locations in Orange , Bridge City and Beaumont, was named the winner of the 2008 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics Tuesday night, by the Better Business Bureau of Southeast Texas.

Also during the banquet, which was conducted at the Beaumont Civic Center, the BBB Consumer Education Foundation, Inc. made a $10,000 contribution to continue funding endowed Better Business Bureau College of Business scholarships at Lamar University, bringing total contributions for the past 11 years to $110,000.

Stephen M.R. Covey, author of The Speed of Trust and CEO and co-founder of CoveyLink Worldwide, was the keynote speaker.

Finalists for this year’s awards included Anderson Ford Mercury of Cleveland, Claybar Funeral Home in Beaumont, Bridge City, and Orange, and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service in Beaumont, Bridge City, Liberty, Orange, Port Arthur, and Vidor in the large business category.

Michael Clayton, President/CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Southeast Texas, was the Master of Ceremonies at this year’s award gathering. Bob Phillips, host of “The Texas Country Reporter”, Bill Leger and Kelli Phillips of KFDM-TV, Deedra Wilson and Dave Hofferth of KBMT-TV, Dana Melancon and Andrew Chung of KBTV-TV, Don Dodd and Jerry Jordan of The Examiner, Jack Pieper and Harold Mann of KLVI-AM, and J.B. and Skeeter of KD101-FM introduced award finalists and announced the winners.

For more information about BBB, visit www.bbb.org. In Southeast Texas, call 409-835-5348 or 800-685-7650.

        

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