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Monday, August 29, 2016David Goldsmith, who has worked with GTO, as well as currently working with the band Medallion.Bennett said they were invited to sing in the showcase at the National Quartet Convention in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee a year ago in September.“We performed in the showcase and our emcee that day was a man named Les Butler,” said Bennett. “He has been a gospel DJ since 1978 and everybody knows him. He has a company in Nashville called Butler Music Group (BMG) and he handles the Oak Ridge Boys, the Gallatin Brothers and many more.”Bennett said Butler also searches for new gospel talent and he heard them that day at the showcase. A month or so after the appearance at the quartet convention, they were contacted by Butler who requested to meet at his office in Franklin, Tennessee.“He actually contacted us a couple of months later and asked to come to Nashville to meet with him about furthering our musical ministry,” Bennett. “We met with him last December and laid out a plan. He wanted us to come down to record and that’s exactly what we did, we went down and recorded a couple of months ago.”Bennett said they actually recorded another CD before. They recorded a CD a couple of years ago in their own little studio that they have. He added they sold a bunch of them and it was very popular.“It was older gospel, some that I wrote and mostly older stuff that we had redone,” said Bennett. “People really seemed to enjoy it. This time we actually recorded in Laverne Tripp’s studio near Nashville in Gallatin. Laverne is actually a guy and he was one of the members of the Blue Ridge Quartet for years. They are really well known in the gospel music industry.”While meeting with Butler at Butler Music Group, they were offered the opportunity to record a new album at his studio to be distributed to several gospel radio stations across the country, with the purpose of getting a Book of Ruth song on the gospel charts.“Over the course of the last several months, Les has sent us over 70 original songs to consider for this album,” said Bennett. “Several of the songs sent were written by songwriters who have won Dove Awards, the gospel music equivalent of the Grammy. We spent long, agonizing hours trying to narrow the field of tremendous songs down to just 10.”Bennett said they chose the songs primarily for the message conveyed through the lyrics. Each song has a specific spiritual statement that follows their own beliefs and goals.“Included in the final 10 is a song I wrote myself, called, 'I Believe The Angels Cried,' which suggests that, even though it is not directly supported by scripture, I believe it is very possible that the angels who opened Jesus’ tomb were so saddened by the injuri...
Monday, July 04, 2016The business has grown to the point that there are locations in Seymour and Pigeon Forge, and additional chapels and offices at the original location in downtown Sevierville.For Albert, one of the biggest changes in his career is the shift from providing ambulance services. When he started, that was one of the biggest parts of the job at the funeral home.“It’s amazing how things have changed,” he said. "The paramedics today can probably do more than an emergency room could back then."Most of the training they got in lifesaving measures came from dedicated emergency room physicians.“We had no degrees, but lots of training from the doctors,” he said. “We knew how to keep somebody from bleeding to death, and we had oxygen. I can remember Dr. Hickey trying to teach us —I don’t think the term CPR was out, but he tried to show us what to do.”Eventually professional ambulance services and emergency responders became the norm, and in 1973 Sevier County Ambulance Service took over those operations here.During his tenure, there have been a number of changes to the way funerals are handled.When he started, most funerals were held earlier than they typically are now.“My dad called somebody in school and said,’Try to have his classes in the mornings because we need him in the afternoon,’” he recalled.Now, they’re more often held in the evening.Another change: Funeral professionals now can scan in old pictures and make video displays for the service — something that wasn’t possible a few years ago, and a change Atchley thinks is therapeutic for families as they come together to pick out the images that will go up on the screen.“I love to be sitting out here and they’ll be in the room and just burst out in laughter," he said. "That means they’re having good thoughts about Mom or Dad or whoever."Services are often more personal than they were in the past, with eulogies from friends or families and messages from ministers who learn more personal details about the deceased.But it’s still major event planning, as staffers talk with the family about the service they want and see that everything is in place and set at the appropriate time.And it’s still about dealing with people at some of the hardest times in their lives.“You just be as kind to people as you can. We try to work it into a conversation. We try not to tell them what kind of funeral they want to have. We try to find out what kind of funeral is good for them."It’s that kind of connection that he hopes he’s passing down to his sons, who have joined the business.He’s slowly backing off, handing off some the responsibilities to his younger brother and the ...
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Monday, August 29, 2016David Goldsmith, who has worked with GTO, as well as currently working with the band Medallion.Bennett said they were invited to sing in the showcase at the National Quartet Convention in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee a year ago in September.“We performed in the showcase and our emcee that day was a man named Les Butler,” said Bennett. “He has been a gospel DJ since 1978 and everybody knows him. He has a company in Nashville called Butler Music Group (BMG) and he handles the Oak Ridge Boys, the Gallatin Brothers and many more.”Bennett said Butler also searches for new gospel talent and he heard them that day at the showcase. A month or so after the appearance at the quartet convention, they were contacted by Butler who requested to meet at his office in Franklin, Tennessee.“He actually contacted us a couple of months later and asked to come to Nashville to meet with him about furthering our musical ministry,” Bennett. “We met with him last December and laid out a plan. He wanted us to come down to record and that’s exactly what we did, we went down and recorded a couple of months ago.”Bennett said they actually recorded another CD before. They recorded a CD a couple of years ago in their own little studio that they have. He added they sold a bunch of them and it was very popular.“It was older gospel, some that I wrote and mostly older stuff that we had redone,” said Bennett. “People really seemed to enjoy it. This time we actually recorded in Laverne Tripp’s studio near Nashville in Gallatin. Laverne is actually a guy and he was one of the members of the Blue Ridge Quartet for years. They are really well known in the gospel music industry.”While meeting with Butler at Butler Music Group, they were offered the opportunity to record a new album at his studio to be distributed to several gospel radio stations across the country, with the purpose of getting a Book of Ruth song on the gospel charts.“Over the course of the last several months, Les has sent us over 70 original songs to consider for this album,” said Bennett. “Several of the songs sent were written by songwriters who have won Dove Awards, the gospel music equivalent of the Grammy. We spent long, agonizing hours trying to narrow the field of tremendous songs down to just 10.”Bennett said they chose the songs primarily for the message conveyed through the lyrics. Each song has a specific spiritual statement that follows their own beliefs and goals.“Included in the final 10 is a song I wrote myself, called, 'I Believe The Angels Cried,' which suggests that, even though it is not directly supported by scripture, I believe it is very possible that the angels who opened Jesus’ tomb were so saddened by the injuri...
Monday, July 04, 2016The business has grown to the point that there are locations in Seymour and Pigeon Forge, and additional chapels and offices at the original location in downtown Sevierville.For Albert, one of the biggest changes in his career is the shift from providing ambulance services. When he started, that was one of the biggest parts of the job at the funeral home.“It’s amazing how things have changed,” he said. "The paramedics today can probably do more than an emergency room could back then."Most of the training they got in lifesaving measures came from dedicated emergency room physicians.“We had no degrees, but lots of training from the doctors,” he said. “We knew how to keep somebody from bleeding to death, and we had oxygen. I can remember Dr. Hickey trying to teach us —I don’t think the term CPR was out, but he tried to show us what to do.”Eventually professional ambulance services and emergency responders became the norm, and in 1973 Sevier County Ambulance Service took over those operations here.During his tenure, there have been a number of changes to the way funerals are handled.When he started, most funerals were held earlier than they typically are now.“My dad called somebody in school and said,’Try to have his classes in the mornings because we need him in the afternoon,’” he recalled.Now, they’re more often held in the evening.Another change: Funeral professionals now can scan in old pictures and make video displays for the service — something that wasn’t possible a few years ago, and a change Atchley thinks is therapeutic for families as they come together to pick out the images that will go up on the screen.“I love to be sitting out here and they’ll be in the room and just burst out in laughter," he said. "That means they’re having good thoughts about Mom or Dad or whoever."Services are often more personal than they were in the past, with eulogies from friends or families and messages from ministers who learn more personal details about the deceased.But it’s still major event planning, as staffers talk with the family about the service they want and see that everything is in place and set at the appropriate time.And it’s still about dealing with people at some of the hardest times in their lives.“You just be as kind to people as you can. We try to work it into a conversation. We try not to tell them what kind of funeral they want to have. We try to find out what kind of funeral is good for them."It’s that kind of connection that he hopes he’s passing down to his sons, who have joined the business.He’s slowly backing off, handing off some the responsibilities to his younger brother and the ...
