Funeral Home

Stoney Ponders, President of Ponders Funeral Homes, was born 1961 in Chatsworth, Georgia, son the late Clem A. Ponders and Dorothy Rogers of Dalton. He was a grandson of the late Prince and Ada Beam and L.A. and Roxie Ponders. Stoney began his funeral service career September 1982 at Kenemer Brothers Funeral Home in Dalton. He is a 1985 graduate of... Grupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science where he is a member of the Pi Sigma Eta national Morticians Fraternity. He has been a licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1985. He is a member of the Georgia Academy of Graduate Embalmers, Regional Chairperson for the International Order of the Golden Rule, a member of the Selected Independent Funeral Homes, Cremation Association of North America, Georgia Funeral Directors Association, Independent Funeral Directors of Georgia, International Cremation, Cemetery and Funeral Directors Association, and the Gordon Springs Masonic Lodge of F&AM #463. In 1992 Stoney realized a lifelong dream of owning his own funeral home and established Ponders Funeral Homes Inc. on July 15, 1992. Then in 1998 he relocated the funeral home to its present location at 138 Melrose Drive in Dalton off the North Bypass. In 1997 Stoney, along with Tim Rowe and Diane Howard, established the Colonial Hills Memorial Park Cemetery Inc., also in Dalton. In 2000 he opened the Calhoun Chapel of Ponders Funeral Homes to better serve the families of Calhoun, Georgia. Now Stoney also has a location in Fairmount, which is also in Gordon County, the Fairmount Chapel of Ponders Funeral Homes, to serve the families of that area. To further our commitment to funeral service in the North Georgia area Stoney purchased the Whitfield memorial Gardens in Dalton and the Murray Memorial Gardens located in Murray County. Mr. Ponders owns and operates the only perpetual care cemeteries in Whitfield and Murray Counties. Also, Ponders Funeral Homes are the only funeral homes in Whitfield and Gordon Counties owning and operating their own Crematory which is located at ...Read More