Fairview Memorial Gardens
1728 East Mission
Fayetteville, AR 72703
Telephone: (479) 521-8701
Fax: (479) 521-3146
Fayetteville's Finest Perpetual Care Cemetery
Fairview Memorial Gardens is Fayetteville's finest perpetual care cemetery. We have gained invaluable experience in helping grieving families as we have served the community since 1925.
At Fairview Memorial Gardens we adapt to the fast changing times while maintaining the age old burial traditions. We strive to provide our families an array of options from traditional burial spaces to our newly landscaped lakeside cremation estates. Please contact us for additional information.
Options Available
- Mausoleum Crypts
- Lawn Crypts
- Veteran’s Garden
- Private Estates
- Cremation Ground Spaces
- Lakeside Private Cremation Estates
- Lakeside Columbarium Niches
- Upright Monuments
- Flat Bronze Markers
Cemetery Rules & Regulations
- Funeral flowers, holders, containers, baskets, and easels will be removed five days after the funeral service.
- Other than at the actual time of the funeral, wreaths, easels, baskets, and potted plants are not permitted at any time.
- Glass containers, tin cans, breakable plastic containers, potted arrangements, plants, and shepherd hooks are not permitted any time.
- No statues, ceramic ware, glass, cement, porcelain, metal, or figurines of any kind are permitted at any time.
- Planting of live flowers, shrubs, or trees are not permitted at any time.
- Artificial flowers pertinent to the season and in attached permanent vases are permitted at any time.
- Flowers placed in the ground are not permitted and will be removed immediately.
- Special Holiday arrangements and wreaths are permitted from November 15th to January 31st. All such decorations must be secured against strong winds of the winter season. After January 31st all arrangements will be removed and discarded.
- Memorial Day arrangements and wreaths may be placed the Friday before Memorial Day and will be removed the Monday following Memorial Day.
- Arrangements for other holidays not in keeping with our floral regulations will be removed at the time of the first mowing after the holiday and held in storage for a period of one week after which they will be discarded.
- Any floral arrangements will be removed when they become discolored, wilted, seasonally inappropriate or unsightly in any manner.
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Scott and Paula Berna
Owners / Funeral Directors
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A native of Van Buren, Arkansas, Scott began his career in the funeral profession while still in high school by washing cars and answering phones for the Edwards - Fentress Funeral Homes of Van Buren and Fort Smith. Scott went on to obtain his Funeral Directors license from the state of Arkansas in 1985.
Scott gained valuable experience managing funeral homes and cemeteries throughout the region including Longview, Texas and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1999, Scott was offered the opportunity to move back to Arkansas to manage Nelson’s Funeral Home and Crematory and Fairview Memorial Gardens.
Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Paula moved to Illinois as a youngster where her parents pastored a church. She later began traveling and singing as a soloist in churches across the United States. It was while singing at her grandfather's funeral in 1987, Paula met her future husband, Scott, who was the funeral director for her grandfather’s services. They were married in 1989.
Paula feels called to help families through the important process of pre-planning and worked as a prearrangement counselor in Oklahoma City and in Northwest Arkansas. Today, Paula manages the Fairview Memorial Gardens in Fayetteville.
In 2002, Scott and Paula purchased Nelson’s Funeral Home. In 2010, the Bernas’ purchased Moore’s Chapel Funeral Home, a Fayetteville institution providing funeral planning and services since 1889. Together Scott and Paula feel blessed to offer their focus, empathy and guidance to families as they celebrate and honor their loved ones.
Scott and Paula have two children, Colby and Calli, and three wonderful grandchildren, Grayson, Charlie, and Chase. Scott is an member of The Rotary Club of Fayetteville and serves on the board for the Arkansas Funeral Directors Association. During their free time, Scott and Paula enjoy spending time with family.
Colby Berna
Funeral Director/Embalmer
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Scott and Paula Berna’s son Colby joined the family business in 2011 as an apprentice funeral director and embalmer and now serves as a funeral director and embalmer after receiving a Funeral Science Degree from Arkansas State University Mountain Home in 2014.
Colby grew up in Fayetteville and graduated from Fayetteville High School in 2009. In 2012 he graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice. He and his wife Jessica Shepperd live in Fayetteville and have a son, Grayson and a daughter, Lillian.
Robert Kaelin
Funeral Director/Embalmer
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Robert began his career in funeral service at Edwards Funeral Home in Fort Smith in 1988 while in high school. He graduated from the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service and received his Embalmers and Funeral Directors license in Arkansas in 1990.
Robert has worked for funeral homes throughout Arkansas including Griffin Leggett Healey and Roth in Little Rock, Fentress Mortuary in Fort Smith and currently is the manager at Moore’s Chapel in Fayetteville. Robert and his wife Tammy have one daughter, Emily, and two sons, Hunter and Andrew. He enjoys biking and spending time with his family.
Mark Huggins
Funeral Director
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A native of Rector, Arkansas, Mark Huggins has over 37 years of experience as a funeral director and embalmer. His wife, Sandra, is originally from Fayetteville, and the couple moved here from southeast Arkansas in 2019.
Mark graduated with a degree in funeral service from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1983. They have two children, Gennie and Elizabeth, and a grandson David Slade.
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Bruce Smithson
Funeral Director/Embalmer
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Bruce has worked in funeral service for over 35 years. He was born and raised in Marshall, Arkansas and graduated from the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service in 1986. Bruce has worked with Nelson-Berna for four years.
He is married to Rose Carol (Cooke) Smithson and has two children, Jamey Smithson and Leslie Fett and six grandchildren. He enjoys spending time with his family and flying his airplane.
Mark Bishop
Funeral Director / Embalmer
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Mark has been in funeral service for over 35 years and is a graduate of Dallas Institute of Funeral Service. He moved back to Northwest Arkansas in 2014 after having owned funeral homes in south and central Arkansas.
He and his wife Marilyn live near West Fork and close to a daughter and son-in-law and grandchildren. He’s a avid hunter in Arkansas and Kansas.
Joe Hott
Funeral Director / Embalmer
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Joe is a native of Springfield, IL, where he graduated from Springfield High School, then began working at a local funeral home.
In 1976, he graduated from Southern Illinois University School of Mortuary Science and Funeral Service. He landed in Peoria, IL, married his childhood sweetheart, Mary Lou, and worked for local funeral homes until purchasing the businesses in Princeville, Wyoming and Toulon, Illinois, with his business partner, Bob DeBolt. They moved to Princeville, where they operated Hammitt-Hott Funeral Home.
In 2017 they made the decision to move to Northwest Arkansas to be near their daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren. He also decided to come back into funeral service on a part-time basis with Nelson-Berna and Moore’s Chapel.
They are members of Central United Methodist Church, Fayetteville, where they both sing in the choir. He enjoys spending leisure time with his family, boating, fishing, riding his motorcycle; and has been an Amateur Radio Operator for over 45 years.
I am honored to be able to work with such a dedicated and respectful group of funeral professionals who are truly committed to the needs of the families we serve.
Tim Davis
Funeral Director
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Growing up in central Arkansas, Tim Davis has been a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Arkansas for 16 years. He graduated from Arkansas State University of Mountain Home mortuary school in 2006. He also holds a funeral director license in Oklahoma.
He and his wife, Aimee, have made Northwest Arkansas their home since 2006. They have one son, Everett.
Gracie Berna
Comfort Dog
Read Gracie Berna BioGracie has been an important part of our "staff" for several years. She enjoys being pet and is a great and non-biased listener. She helps bring comfort to the families and guests we serve.
Allie Berna
Comfort Dog
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