RIDOUT'S BROWN-SERVICE - Key Persons


Bobby King

Job Titles:
  • Funeral Director & Embalmer

James Wallace

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Administrator

Philip Harris

Job Titles:
  • Funeral Assistant

Phyllis Sanford

Job Titles:
  • Administrator
Phyllis became the funeral home administrator at Ridout's in June 2010 after a long career as an office manager in the metal business. She has lived in Trinity since 2006 and is a member of Mt. View Baptist Church. A native of Mt. Hope, she was a graduate of Mt. Hope School and was active in the community through Relay for Life. Phyllis is married to Bobby Sanford, and has a daughter, Kimberly Campbell, her husband, Billy, a granddaughter, Makenzie born December 2013, and three step-grandchildren, Katelyne, Dylan and Dakota. In her spare time, Phyllis enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, shopping and reading.

Tim Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Funeral Director
  • Funeral Home Manager
Tim has been a funeral director and embalmer here since 1990, but was promoted to manager in January 2010. He is a longtime resident of Decatur and is a member of The First United Methodist Church, Decatur Lions Club, Daybreak Rotary Club, Rising Sun Masonic Lodge #29 and the Cahaba Shrine Temple and the Decatur Shrine Club. Tim is a native of Louisville, KY, and graduated from Jefferson State College, Birmingham with a degree of mortuary science in 1986. He began his funeral service career in Huntsville in 1982 and came to Decatur to join the Elliot's Funeral Home and Ridout's Brown-Service Funeral Home group in 1990. He became assistant manager in 2007 and was promoted to manager in January 2010.