About Us
Bullock Funeral Services, LLC. was established in February 2017
Tamara Bullock was born and raised in The South Bronx. At an early age she discovered her passion for funeral service.
“My earliest childhood memory is at my great grandmother’s funeral service in Hogansville, Georgia. I was 3 years old and when I viewed my Great-grandmother Everlou Terrell’s remains, my mother asked me to place a rose in the casket.
I didn’t come from a family that was in funeral service, I am a first generation funeral director, and the only one in my family with an interest in owning a funeral service. In fact, I had little knowledge of Mortuary Science. I never knew there was a career that would satisfy my need to help people when called at the hour of their loved ones passing. Funeral Service would continue to peek my interest even more as a young adult. During my high school years I started paying attention to the many fine details that were done during a funeral service after the passing of both my grandmother and my father. The person in charge of the funeral captivated my attention, that was the go-to person, their funeral director. This person seemed compassionate and knowledgeable in catering to the family.
At the time I was enrolled in a performing arts high school at the time, Fiorello H. LaGuardia highschool of the Performing Arts. So to say the least my friends, many who went on to become professional performers, did not understand my passion, even then I started to speak life into what I was going to become."
I came across SUNY Canton's Mortuary Science program at a high school fair, and I always wanted to leave the nest for college, so this gave me an opportunity to go away and to enjoy a campus life!
I have now worked in funeral service for 17 years, the foundation at Canton gave me the skill set to work in the profession, as well as the knowledge. I owed a balance to SUNY Canton for classes taken the summer after I graduated so I actually took my state exam almost a year after graduation, (That's about how long it took me to pay the balance) Since that time I have set up a small scholarship at the school to help an aspiring first time funeral director and I have also joined the board of the college as a member.
I stopped working full time at one of the best funeral homes in NYC in 2016 to chase my dreams of launching Bullock Funeral Services, LLC. It has not been an easy journey but I am grateful for all the families of Bullocks all of different backgrounds and faiths that I have met on the journey.
My goal for Bullock's Funeral Service is to help families through the process of funeral arrangements, preneed arrangements, from beginning to end with compassion and empathy. Treating every family as my own.
Tamara Bullock is a Christian, a motivational speaker and a fashionista all in her own right. She attends St. Luke’s AME Church in Harlem and Is the proud mother of two children and a dog.
