The brick home was built in 1856 for a local banker's residence. Around the turn of the century the building was used as a boarding house and was given the name of "The Brass Belle".

In 1941 Gatewood and Pearl Beazley purchased the house and converted it into a funeral home. Pearl Beazley owned and operated the funeral home, along with the occasional partners, for 45 years. The funeral home closed in 1985 due to Mrs. Beazley's retirement.

In 1998 the Spurlin family purchased the house from the Beazley heirs in order to return the old home to funeral home. After several months of renovation and the addition of a new, spacious chapel, the Spurlin Funeral home has been in operation since January 1999. The Spurlin Family is proud to be Stanford's only locally owned and operated funeral home.

As can be seen in the pictures the interior of the home is elegant with the 11 ft ceilings, large rooms and tall doors. The inside walls are brick, approx. 12" thick.

The new chapel has been attached to the west side of the home and runs the length of the building. The chapel makes the funeral home more comfortable and spacious with padded church pews for seating. There is also a family room for the grieving families to be seated in during funeral services, this gives more privacy to the grieving families during this difficult time.

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