Our Story
The beautiful Tompkinsville funeral home was built in 1910, by the Eagle Family, and was the boyhood home of the late Joe Eagle, U.S. Congressman of Texas, and was the home of J.C. Carter, Sr., Circuit Judge of Monroe County. The land where the building is located was once owned by the family of Preston Leslie, former Governor of Kentucky and Montana. This was the childhood home of the late Congressman Dr. Tim Lee Carter; Mrs. Pearl Pace, the first woman sheriff in the state of Kentucky; J.C. Carter, Jr., a circuit judge; Abe Carter, former attorney; Mrs. Mae Taylor, teacher, and writer; Mrs. Jessie Harlan, master commissioner; Mrs. Lizzie Bryant, homemaker; and Mrs. Vivian Hayes, draft board consultant. In 1970 the building was placed on the Registry of Historic Landmarks. While our facility has a lot of historic value, the greatest of all is the history of serving families in their time of need.
The Gamaliel Chapel was opened in August 1974. The business was located in a historic home on Main Street in Gamaliel. The new building was built in 1990, at the present location on Hwy. 100, located one mile from the Tennessee border, five miles from Hermitage Springs, Tennessee, and eight miles from both Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee, and Tompkinsville, Kentucky.
The Bartley Family bought the businesses in July of 2019, some 52 years after the business was started in Tompkinsville. At Bartley & Sons Funeral Home, we are here to treat our friends and neighbors with nothing but care, compassion, and honor from beginning to end. We look forward to carrying on the Legacy of "Exceeding Expectations" for many years and generations to come.
Bartley & Sons Funeral Home, Cave City
Bob Hunt Funeral Chapel, spanned over 55 years in Cave City.
In the beginning we provided not only funeral and burial services, but also ambulance services for Cave City. Being locally owned and operated we have strong ties to the community and our business prospered thanks to the tremendous support of friends and neighbors who trusted us to provide the comfort and closure for loved ones who had passed.
In the years, since Bob’s passing, it has fallen to me to carry on the traditions we have always provided Cave City and the surrounding communities. I have wrestled with what the future holds for the Bob Hunt Funeral Chapel and the need to have funeral services available for those in need in our community. Our love for the people and area we have served has always been the driving force of our business.
For 55 years the Bob Hunt Funeral Chapel has operated in Cave City. Literally hundreds of families have had their loved ones’ final needs provided by Bob and me. Many families have used our funeral chapel for multiple family members across generations.
It is with the people in mind who have always counted on Bob Hunt Funeral Chapel that has made my decision to partner with a reputable and successful funeral home operation a bit easier.
It is with great pleasure that I announce that I have made a decision to sale the business to Chris and Lindsay Bartley, owners of Bartley & Sons Funeral Home in Tompkinsville and Bartley & Sons Gamaliel Chapel.
Chris and Lindsay are no strangers to Cave City. Lindsay is the daughter of Chris and Vickie (Craine) Boyd, and Robert and Donna Kinslow. She attended Caverna, and is a graduate of Barren County High School, and Kentucky Licensed Funeral Director, Chris is the son of Randall and Lou Ann Bartley, and a Dual licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer. They have two sons, Mason and Michael.
