Staff
Once you request the services of Carnie P. Bragg Funeral Home, Inc., we will immediately put our experienced funeral professionals to work for you. A single, dedicated individual will stay in contact with you every step of the way and guide you through the decision-making process. He or she will carefully explain your options, make recommendations at your request, take care of all the small details, and ensure that you and your family’s personal touch is always present.
Carnie P. Bragg, Jr.
Senior Director
NJ Lic. No. 2708
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Carnie P. Bragg, Jr.
Born in New York, New York, Carnie lived in Passaic, New Jersey and moved to Paterson in 1945. He was educated at Public School No. 6, Eastside High School, and graduated from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1961. After graduating from the McAllister School of Embalming in 1962, he was licensed in 1963. Carnie enlisted in the United States Army Reserve as a Medic in 1962 and received an Honorable Discharge in 1968.
When Carnie was seven years old, he worked on his first funeral. He knew then that he wanted to be a funeral director. In his high school yearbook, he inscribed, as his aspiration: "To be a mortician". Remarkably, this ambition from early childhood continued throughout Carnie's high school days. It was during this time that he industriously became interested in the business as a career for himself.
After graduating from the McAllister School of Embalming, he joined the family business. As he continued to work with his parents, Carnie realized that working with families and ministering to people in need was very rewarding for him personally, and he has been there ever since. Carnie worked along with his Dad until his father's untimely death on August 4, 1972. Since then, he has been the Senior Director at the Funeral Home.
Carnie is the father of two children, a son, Carnie P. Bragg, III ("Tre") and a daughter, Kim Carnita Way McCray and he also has four grandchildren.
Carnie joined the Calvary Baptist Church in 1948 and is extremely supportive of many churches in northern New Jersey. Since 1991, he has sung in the Hampton University Ministers' Conference and Choir Directors' Organists' Guild Workshop Choir.
Professionally, Carnie is a member of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, National Funeral Directors Association, New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association, Passaic County Funeral Directors Association and the Garden State Funeral Directors Association.
Carnie is a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity (Lambda Upsilon Chapter), Integrity Lodge #51 F. & A.M. (P.H.A.), American Lodge #333 I.B.P.O.E. of W, Fisk University Alumni Association, the Patersonians Five Ladies and a Gent Social Club, the Fellas Social Club of New York, an associate member of the National Council of Negro Women and has two life memberships in the N.A.A.C.P. He is also an Honorary Lifetime member of the Interdenominational Women's Conference.
He is a member of the Paterson Rotary Club, where he served as president from 1981-1982. He is an Honorary member of the Paterson Great Falls Rotary Club. Since 1972, he has served on the Board of Directors for the Paterson Boys & Girls Club. Also, he is a member for the Passaic County Community College Foundation; a member of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (N.J.P.A.C.) and a member of The Greater Paterson Chamber of Commerce.
He was recently inducted into the Eastside High School Hall of Fame and has been featured on the front cover of the New Jersey Monthly Magazine. He was the 2008 Grand Marshall of the Paterson African Heritage Parade.
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Harris M. Holloway
Director, NJ Lic. No. 3235
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Harris M. Holloway
A native of Aiken, S.C., Harris M.Holloway graduated from Livingstone College, Salisbury,NC with a BS in Biology.His career in Funeral Services began at Carnie P. Bragg Funeral Home in 1972. Later he graduated from American Academy-McAllister Institute of Funeral Services,and completed his internship at Carnie P. Bragg Funeral Home of Passaic, becoming a Licensed Practitioner of Mortuary Science in April 1976.
Past and present affiliations include: Who's Who Among Black Americans,Paterson Jaycees, Paterson Rotary Club, Assistant Pastor of Solid Rock Baptist Church,co- organizer of Serenity Baptist Church, Mt.Zion Lodge#50 (PHA), Sardonias Consistory No.41, Newark Police Clergy Alliance, Black Churchmen of Newark & North Jersey, Pastor of Pure Light Baptist Church of Newark. |
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Eleanor J. Rudolph
Director, NJ Lic. No. 4517
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Eleanor J. Rudolph
Eleanor earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Rutgers University in 1984 and graduated from Mercer County Community College Funeral Service Program in 2002.
Eleanor completed her internship with Carnie P. Bragg Funeral Home and is currently employed part-time as a Funeral Director.
She is a New Jersey licensee for one year and limited licensee in Pennsylvania. Eleanor is a member of the New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association and Middlesex and Somerset County Funeral Directors Association. |
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Elizabeth C. Carter
Director, NJ Lic. No. 4671
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Elizabeth C. Carter
A longtime resident of the Northern New Jersey area, Elizabeth Carter earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in International Business with a minor in Political Science from Ramapo College of New Jersey in 2001. After working in her field of study for seven years, she decided to follow her dream and become a funeral director.
Elizabeth received a Mortuary of Science Diploma from American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service in January 2004. Elizabeth received the Bergen County and New Jersey State Funeral Director Scholarship awards for her excellence in funeral service.
Elizabeth completed her apprenticeship and is now a full-time licensed funeral director with Carnie P. Bragg Funeral Homes, Inc. Elizabeth is also a member of the New Jersey State Funeral Director's Association as well as Passaic County Funeral Director's Association. |
The Carnie P. Bragg Funeral Home Staff
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