Website: https://musiccitymortuary.com/
Music City Mortuary is a full-service mortuary support provider based in Nashville, Tennessee. Rather than serving families directly as a retail funeral home, the company provides behind-the-scenes services to funeral homes, including body transfers, embalming, refrigeration, cremation, and long-distance and international transportation. According to the company, it has operated since 2001 and serves funeral homes across Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, and the southeastern United States from its facility at 2409 Kline Avenue. Owner Rodney Edwards describes the company’s guiding principle as being “here to SERVE, not compete.”
Services
The company provides a range of trade services designed to support funeral homes throughout the region. Services and operational capacities described on the website include:
- Transfers, with 11 dedicated drivers and 24/7/365 availability
- Cremation services, with 150 refrigeration spaces and chain of custody maintained
- Embalming, performed by 5 licensed embalmers along with 3 apprentices
- Refrigeration storage with a stated 125-person capacity
- Ship outs, both domestic and foreign
- Long-distance transportation
- Hearse and driver services
The company emphasizes efficient management of personnel, equipment, and facilities to keep services cost-effective while prioritizing quality and timeliness. According to the website, the volume of work entrusted to the company allows it to operate at a scale that supports competitive pricing and consistent availability for the funeral homes it serves.
About
Music City Mortuary was established in 2001 and is owned by Rodney Edwards. The company positions itself as a partner to funeral homes rather than a competitor, stating on its website that “we are here to SERVE, not compete.” The owner attributes the company’s stability to the trust of funeral homes across the region, noting that this trust allows Music City Mortuary to maintain economies of scale and dependable service. The company’s stated service area spans Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, and the broader southeastern United States.
Location & Contact
- Address: 2409 Kline Ave, Nashville, TN 37211
- Phone: 615-244-2774 or 888-355-3121
- Emergency Cell: 615-920-4453
- Fax: 615-251-9044
- Email: [email protected]
The company notes 24/7/365 availability for transfers, supported by an emergency contact line for time-sensitive needs.
Additional Information
The website provides navigation to Home, Services, Forms, Blog, and Contact Us sections, with the Forms section supporting the documentation needs of partnering funeral homes. The Blog section offers additional information published by the company, and the Contact Us section provides multiple ways to reach the business, including primary and toll-free phone lines, a fax number, an emergency cell line, and email. The company’s combination of round-the-clock transfer service, licensed embalming staff, substantial refrigeration capacity, and domestic and international ship-out capability reflects its role as a regional trade services provider for the funeral profession across Middle Tennessee and neighboring states. By concentrating these specialized functions in a single Nashville facility staffed by a team of drivers, licensed embalmers, and apprentices, Music City Mortuary positions itself as a centralized resource that allows funeral homes to outsource transfers, preparation, storage, cremation, and transportation rather than maintaining all of those capabilities in-house. According to the company, this approach is intended to deliver consistent service and competitive pricing while keeping its focus on serving funeral homes rather than competing with them.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (musiccitymortuary.com).