Our staff of professionals has years of experience caring for families who come to us from all walks of life. Each family does so because we are leaders in our profession, with a dedication to service, and deep professional integrity.
When we meet with a family, our goal is to help them create a fitting, memorable and affordable service for their loved one. We give them the choice of a wide variety of services and products, as well as a wealth of creative ideas and suggestions.
Together, we design a memorial or funeral service that suits their needs now, and in the future. Families who come to us know that years from now, they will have deep peace-of-mind because in coming to us, they've done their best to honor their loved one.
In 1952, John S. Anderson & William F. McQueen established Anderson-McQueen Funeral Home in an old home (now our N.E. St. Petersburg Family Tribute Center) with their personal residences located right next door. As the years passed and their business grew into one of the largest volume, single location funeral homes in Florida, the old home underwent major renovations and additions. Upon Mr. Anderson's death in 1970, Mr. McQueen continued to operate the business until his untimely death in 1987 at which time his three children continued its local ownership and operation.
In 1984, Mr. McQueen and a group of local funeral directors purchased the historic Sunnyside Cemetery. Sunnyside was a pioneer cemetery for the area with burials dating back into the late 1800's. Following Mr. McQueen's death, his children saw the need to further expand the cemetery. They purchased the entire cemetery and developed its second phase. Other adjoining property to the cemetery has been acquired to ensure that the community can be served for years to come.
In 1990, the McQueen family purchased the Tyrone Family Tribute Center to better serve the residents located in the Tyrone and Gulf Beach communities. In 1994, the McQueen family purchased the McLeod Funeral Chapel in the Meadowlawn area of northeast St. Petersburg. Following the acquisition, Mr. & Mrs. McLeod remained with Anderson-McQueen.
In 1997, Anderson-McQueen opened their Cremation Tribute Center. In contrast to the typical off-site, industrial type crematory, this state-of-art facility was designed to provide families desiring cremation with a place to worship, a place to gather and visit with friends, and a place to witness the initiation of the cremation process.
While providing the very best in personalized funeral service is our main priority, we know how important it is to devote community time outside of the funeral home. Each member of the McQueen family is active in civic and service clubs, church and other organizations which directly touch our community, including the YMCA, Exchange Club, Junior League, the SPJC Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts, Lupus Foundation and St. Anthony's Hospital.
Our Valued Staff
Bill is a lifelong native of St. Petersburg. Born at St. Anthony's Hospital, he graduated from Shorecrest Preparatory and then received his accounting degree from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He worked with Arthur Andersen & Co., CPAs and then attended University of Florida College of Law where he graduated with highest honors. He practiced law in the Tampa Bay area for several years before attending St. Petersburg College Funeral Service Program and becoming a licensed funeral director.
Bill currently is the President of the firm and is responsible for its overall direction and operations.
Bill attends St. Raphael's Catholic Church and his current and past civic involvements are many, including Suncoasters, Dragon Club (Past President), St. Petersburg YMCA (Past Chairman), Leadership St. Pete, St. Anthony's Hospital (Board of Trustees), SPJC Foundation Board of Directors, Calvary Catholic Cemetery (Past President & Trustee), The Canterbury School of Florida (Past President & Trustee), Museum of Fine Arts, and Cremation Association of North America (President & Trustee).
Bill is married to Maria "Ria" Davis and lives on Snell Isle with his three daughters.
John, a native of St. Petersburg, was born at St. Anthony's Hospital. He graduated from Shorecrest Preparatory School and received his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from St. Leo's University. John also graduated valedictorian of his class at Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service in Atlanta, GA.
John is Vice-President and Chief Operations Officer for the funeral homes and crematory. He also serves as the President of Sunnyside Cemetery and an affiliated firm, Affordable Memorials. In addition to his duties at the funeral home and cemetery, John is an adjunct instructor for the Funeral Services Program at St. Petersburg College.
John, like his father before him, is a Past President of the Florida Funeral Directors Association and currently serves as an Ambassador for the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice. He has also held numerous offices and board position on both a national and state level in a variety of industry-related organizations. John is also the founder and managing partner of FuneralReview.Com, an online continuing education company for funeral service professionals.
In addition to professional involvement, John is actively involved in numerous civic and social organizations in St. Petersburg. His current & past civic involvements include Help-A-Child, Inc (Board and Treasurer), the Exchange Club of NE St. Petersburg (twice Past President & 20+ year member), Mentor in the Public School System, Suncoasters, Dragon Club, Everyone's Youth United, and numerous Masonic organizations. He is also a member of St. Raphael's Catholic Church.
John is married to Nicole "Nikki" Paul and lives in Snell Isle Estates with their daughter and son.
Maggi, the oldest of this McQueen generation, was born at the old Mound Park Hospital (now Bayfront Medical Center) and has lived in St. Petersburg her entire life. She was a member of the first graduating class of Shorecrest Preparatory School and then attended University of Tampa and University of South Florida. She graduated valedictorian of her class at Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service. She is a licensed funeral director & embalmer.
Maggi served as the Company's President upon the untimely death of her father, and then as the Vice-President of Administration.
Maggi has always taken an active role in the local community, including Junior League of St. Petersburg (Past Chair of the Thrift Shop & Placement as well as Corresponding Secretary), Women of Rotary (Past President), and Lupus Foundation of America - Greater Florida Chapter (President & Board member).
Maggi currently resides in St. Petersburg with her daughter.
Carrie was raised in Wauchula, FL and became involved in the funeral business in her junior year of high school. Working as an associate at the local funeral home, she knew that her heart was dedicated to helping families in their time of need. She moved to St. Petersburg in 1998 to attend St. Petersburg College where she obtained her degree in funeral service. Following graduation, she served her internship with Anderson-McQueen in 2003 and joined our staff as a licensed funeral director in January 2004. In 2009, she was promoted to the Funeral Director in Charge of our N.E. St. Petersburg location.
In June 2005 Carrie married Ernest "Rozco" Orozco, a First Care Escort with Anderson McQueen. They attend Glad Tidings Assembly of God and currently reside in the St. Petersburg area with their three children: Brenden, Destin and Kaylie.
John , a native of St. Petersburg, was born at the old Mound Park Hospital (now Bayfront Medical Center). After graduating from Gibbs High School, he worked for Publix until he joined Anderson-McQueen as an apprentice director/embalmer in 1976.
John graduated with honors from Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service and is a licensed funeral director & embalmer. One of our firm's most talented restorative artists, he also is a certified Eye Enucleation Technician for the Florida Lions Eye Bank.
John enjoys educating the local youth about death and dying through talks and tours with the area schools. His professional and civic involvements include St. Petersburg College Funeral Service Program (Advisory Board Member), Northside Lodge #283 F&AM, St. Petersburg York Rite Bodies, Tampa Consistory, Egypt Temple Shrine, Sunshine City Kiwanis (President) and Royal Order of Jesters - Tampa Court.
John and his wife Sandi, reside in the Meadowlawn area of St. Petersburg. John has a daughter and two stepdaughters.
Katie grew up in Mascoutah, Illinois with her parents and three siblings. She graduated from high school in 2003 as valedictorian of her senior class. Following high school, she attended Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, Illinois and worked at a local funeral home. Katie then transferred to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale to complete her Bachelor of Mortuary Science degree, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She also served her practicum at a large, family-owned funeral home in Springfield, Illinois prior to receiving her degree in 2007.
Katie moved to Florida in May of 2007 and enjoys serving the St. Petersburg community and its surrounding areas.
Patrick was born in Evansville, Indiana and raised in Oakland City, Indiana. He represents the third generation of funeral directors in his family. Following high school graduation, he attended Vincennes University in Indiana where he earned his degree in Funeral Service Education.
He became a licensed funeral director & embalmer in Indiana and worked with his family firm where he concentrated his career development in the area of body preparation. Although doing very well with his family business, Partick relocated to Florida in 1998 and joined Anderson-McQueen's staff. Following his licensure in Florida, Patrick became our Preparation & Cremation Tribute Center Manager, responsible for supervising all activities in those areas.
In July 2002, Patrick married Kelly Holwerda, a native of Clearwater. They are members of Grace Christian Church in Largo where Patrick serves as an usher. Patrick and Kelly live in Clearwater with their two children, Luke & Megan.
Brittney was born and raised in Saginaw, Michigan. Throughout high school she worked at a local funeral home and really became passionate about serving families. Upon high school graduation in 2005, she moved to St. Petersburg, Florida to attend the mortuary science program at St. Petersburg College. She graduated with an Associate in Science, majoring in Funeral Services. She was an associate for Anderson-McQueen Funeral & Cremation Centers while in college, and now she is currently serving her Funeral Director Internship with them. She is looking forward to serving our families in the community.
Brittney enjoys traveling, fishing, and snorkeling; while spending time with her family, her three dogs, and her boyfriend.
Kevin was raised in Oxford, Connecticut, and became involved in the funeral business in his senior year of high school. He attended Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science where he earned his associate degree. Right after graduation, he continued to work for a Connecticut funeral home for several more years.
In 2001, Kevin moved to Florida and joined our firm as a Preparation Center Specialist. He is licensed as a Funeral Director and Embalmer in both Florida and Connecticut.
Kevin and his wife, Heather, currently reside in St. Petersburg.
Mary was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She graduated from the Creative Arts School in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a major in photography. After graduation, she moved to New York City and attended the American Academy McAllister Institute and graduated in 2001. Mary worked for two family-owned funeral homes in Queens for over five years. She then moved to Madeira Beach and has been with Anderson-McQueen since July, 2006. Mary is currently attending International Academy of Design and Technology in Tampa majoring in fashion design and merchandising.
Jane was born in Toronto, Canada, the fourth of five children and moved to St. Petersburg with her family in 1963. She graduated from Northeast High School and St. Petersburg Junior College (now St. Petersburg College.) Jane joined the staff of Anderson-McQueen in 1995.
Outside of work, Jane enjoys reading, Yoga, growing Orchids and spending time with her family.
Jane has been married to Dennis Thompson since 1971 and they have two daughters. They reside in St. Petersburg.
Mildred was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to New York City with her family in 1978. She graduated from high school at the top of her class and went on to get a Business Administration degree from Berkeley College. For the first 14 years of her professional career she worked in banking in New York and then continued that when she moved to St. Petersburg in 1999. In 2006, Mildred joined Anderson-McQueen as a Family Services Director.
Mildred lives in St. Petersburg with her daughter and her little Yorkshire Terrier. In her spare time, Mildred likes to give back to her community as a First Degree Black Belt Instructor in Tae Kwon Do, a member of the American Business Women of America Association and the Area Agency on Aging, and as a Youth Leader at Pinellas Community Church.
Mindi, born and raised in Plymouth, IN, grew up in her family trucking business and worked alongside her family from a very young age. During her high school years, she was an undefeated Varsity tennis player which led her to the University of Charleston in West Virginia on an athletic scholarship. After graduating in 1996 with a degree in Business Administration and Marketing, she moved to Indianapolis, IN and resumed her transportation career. In 2005, she was recruited by The Royal Bank of Scotland with an opportunity to change career directions and service business entities in the Michigan and Indiana region. While Mindi, in her spare time, adores music, reading, traveling and her family, she enjoys exploring the Tampa Bay area since joining our firm in February 2009. She currently resides in Valrico, Florida to be closer to family, who has lived there for the past 10 years.
Marley was born in Louisville, KY but before moving to Florida in 1973 lived in seven different states as a child. Although she graduated from Claymont High in Claymont, Delaware, Marley attended Pensacola Jr. College and then UWF both in Pensacola, FL. She had a seventeen year career in truck transportation with the last 9 years in the Tampa area with Penske Truck Leasing. As District Rental Manager, she was the first woman manager for Penske in the state of Florida. Before coming to Anderson-McQueen, Marley orginated loans for Pinellas Mortgage Services, Inc. She has been very active in community organizations from teaching CCD at Espiritu Santo Catholic Church to serving on the board of directors for her condominium association. Currently she is a member of the Better Living For Seniors, St. Petersburg chapter. Serving our families as a Family Service Director, Marley enjoys assisting with all their preneed options. As a long time resident of Safety Harbor, Marley lives there with her two daughters, Carley and Andrea. She enjoys community activities and loves anything that has to do with the water from scuba diving to kayaking.
Cary is a 4th generation native of St. Petersburg. Cary, along with her grandmother, mother and daughter all share the same name. She was born at Mound Park Hospital, now Bayfront Medical Center. She is a graduate of Shorecrest Preparatory School, Class of 1979, and attended Queens College in Charlotte, NC, where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. As a faithful member of the First Presbyterian Church, Cary is serving her second term as an Elder and is also a Stephen Minister. She also has been actively involved in Bible Study Fellowship for the past 24 years. Cary participated as a Children's Leader for 7 years, a Discussion Leader for 10 years, and has returned to the role of Children's Leader. Cary has extensive service to her community through her volunteerism as a member of the St. Petersburg Downtown Rotary Club, Infinity Club, All Children's Hospital Guild, Advisory Board of Junior Cotillion of St. Petersburg and as a sustaining member of The Junior League of St. Petersburg. In addition to her accomplishments, Cary's pride and joy are her 3 daughers, Vic, 25, lives and works in St. Petersburg; Cary, 23, attends graduate school in Denver, Colorado; and Ali, 18, is a freshman at Eckerd College. As well as spending time with her daughters, Cary's interests include golf (she is waiting for the miracle of a hole-in-one), walking and cooking. She lives in downtown St. Petersburg and enjoys spending time with her friends and family in the heart of the city where she grew up.
Judy, a native of St. Petersburg, was born at St. Anthony's Hospital. She graduated from Northeast High School, where she performed with the 'Gondoliers'. She attended St. Petersburg Junior College and worked several years for W. M. Zemp and Associates, Inc (later becoming Young and Rubicam Advertising). She later went back to school and graduated from the Dental Assisting Program of Pinellas Technical Education Centers. She worked as a licensed Periodontal Assistant and Receptionist for ten years before joining Anderson-McQueen in August of 1999.
Judy and her husband Bud, also a native of St. Petersburg and an Associate with Anderson-McQueen, are members of Lealman United Methodist Church and for several years sang locally in a gospel quartet. They live in the Tyrone area of St. Petersburg and have two sons, Michael and Matthew.
Veronica was born in Thomasville, Georgia and raised in Boston, Georgia. Following high school she joined the Air Force, where she served 5 ½ years and graduated from the Community College of the Air Force. She moved to St. Petersburg in 2005 and has been with Anderson-McQueen since February 2006. Veronica is currently attending St. Petersburg College.
Rozco was born in Hampton, Virginia. With a father in the military, his family moved quite often. In 1999, Rozco moved to Florida. He began working for our firm in 2001.
Rozco is married to Carrie, one of our funeral directors. They attend Glad Tidings Assembly of God and currently reside in the St. Petersburg area with their three children: Brenden, Destin and Kaylie.
Eric was born in St.Petersburg. Following gradutation from high school, he joined the Job Corp and went off to Prestonburg,Kentucky. He graduated with a Health Occupation License.
For the first 10 year’s of his professional career, he worked in rehab services for Kindred Hospital as well as other clinic and outpatient facilities. Eric joined Anderson-McQueen and has served in his current role since April, 2008.
Griffin Barker was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. He attended St. Petersburg Catholic High School, graduating in 2006. After his high school career he was accepted into the University of North Florida. While at UNF his major was in multimedia arts, but during his sophomore semester, he decided that was not the career path that he truly saw himself in, and moved back to St. Petersburg. After the movie he enrolled into St. Petersburg College, striving to become a funeral director one day. Griffin runs and operates different charity events, primarily held in Orlando. He has raised money for such organizations as: SPCA, Humane Society, and various others. He still is involved with the arts, doing comic book style art and paintings on his spare time. His medium of choice is water color, pastels, and various inks. He is currently working on a book he is planning to self publish, and have out by late next year.
Becky was born and raised in Findlay, Ohio, and moved to St. Petersburg with her parents and brother in her sophomore year of high school. After graduating from Northeast High School, she attended St. Petersburg Junior College, where she received her Associates Degree. She lived in Gainesville for several years, Sarasota for a short time, and then returned to St. Petersburg where she was a legal assistant/paralegal for almost 30 years. In October of 2000, Becky joined the staff of Anderson-McQueen.
When she is not spending time with her family, Becky serves as Secretary of her Neighborhood Association and volunteers with various other community organizations.
Becky and her husband, Howard, are members of Allendale United Methodist Church and they reside in the Allendale Terrace area of St. Petersburg. She has two sons and one daughter, six grandchildren, a great granddaughter, two stepchildren and seven step-grandchildren
Ted was born and raised in Holliston, MA before moving to Tampa in 2006. He graduated from Framington State College with a Bachelor of Sciences in Business Administration. Ted joined Anderson-McQueen in early 2009 as our accounting specialist. Currently, Ted is a member of HYNCA (Historic Ybor Neighborhood Civic Association) and reisdes in Ybor City where he can indulge his love for history and many great restaurants.
Jillian, a native of St. Petersburg, FL was born at Bayfront Medical Center. After attending Northeast High School, she broke into the funeral industry and became the manager and Senior design consultant for Affordable Memorials. This monument company now operates out of Anderson McQueen Funeral Home.
Aside from Jillian's main duty of handling all administrative details of our Pet Passages division., she continues to operate Affordable Memorials and she is also the director of CE Compliance for Funeral Review.Com (an on-line continuing education program for licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers).
Outside from work Jillian enjoys spending time with her daughter, stepdaughter and 2 sons. Jillian and Jay reside in Seminole, FL.
Carole was born in Baltimore, Maryland and moved with her parents to St. Petersburg as a child. She graduated from an Orlando private school and attended Bixby's Business College.
While working for a local physician, she met a funeral director, Alan R. McLeod, and they married in 1963. In 1969, Al and Carole opened Alan R. McLeod Funeral Chapel in the Meadowlawn area of St. Petersburg. As with other growing family businesses, their son Alan Jr. joined the company during the 1980's. In 1994, the McLeod family elected to merge with Anderson-McQueen.
Carole always had an interest in bereavement counseling and started the Comfort Circle in 1985, one of the first bereavement support groups in the area. After joining with Anderson-McQueen, she was able to devote her full attention to the direction of our Continuing Care Program and became a certified Bereavement Facilitator through the American Academy of Bereavement.
Due to her involvement with many local organizations, she was named Largo Woman of the Year (1982). She has been a member of many different organizations, including Association of Death & Education Counseling (ADEC), Florida Federation of Women's Clubs (Past Executive Officer), and Suncoast Community Women's Club (Past President).
Carole's husband Al died in March 1999 of cancer. They have two grown children and two grandchildren. She currently resides in Seminole.
Jim was born in Jacksonville, Florida and attended Fletcher High School in Jacksonville Beach. After receiving his Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida, Jim moved to St. Petersburg and began a career with Florida Power Corporation. Thirty-three years later, Jim retired from Florida Power and began a second career with our firm.
Jim is extremely active in the community serving as an Elder and on the Board at Palm Lake Christian Church. He served as National President of the National Exchange Club in 1989-90 and remains active in his local Exchange Club. He is also a member of the "Suncoasters".
Jim and his wife Kay have three grown children and six grandchildren.
Gary was born in Cleveland and moved to St. Petersburg in 1973 after serving 5 years in the Army. Gary then joined the Florida National Guard and retired with 22 years of service. While working for Bay Pines Veterans Hospital, Gary began his work at Anderson-McQueen as a part-time funeral associate and joined the staff full-time in 2006. Gary is very involved with his church, Hope Lutheran, where he is the worship, music and arts commissioner, as well as sings in the choir and drives the church bus. He also volunteers at St. Petersburg High School and the Florida Federation Color Guards.
Gary and his wife Kathy live in St. Petersburg and have 3 grown children.
Bud is a native of St. Petersburg and graduated from St. Petersburg High School. He attended St. Petersburg Junior College before joining the St. Petersburg Fire Department. He worked as a Firefighter/Paramedic with the city for 26 years, during which time he was honored with the Walter Patrick Award and the Paramedic of the Year award.
Bud lives in St. Petersburg with his wife Judy, who also works for Anderson-McQueen. They have 2 grown sons.
Anderson-McQueen is blessed with over twenty other Staff members who serve such vital roles as chapel administrators, family service counselors, funeral attendants, and facilities maintenance. These staff members along with our funeral directors make Anderson-McQueen Family Tribute Centers a place "...where Compassionate Professionals Serve with Integrity and Distinction!"
