Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home

In 1936 W.D. "Pappy" Parks established The Parks Funeral Home in Berkeley Springs, WV at a location on Market Street near the Old Annex Building. He also operated a funeral home in Paw Paw, WV. One of his longtime employees was the well known Welby Brunk. C. E. "Carlyle" Johnson came to Berkeley Springs in 1955 and purchased the funeral homes from Mr. Parks.

Staff members of Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center are caring and experienced professionals who understand that each family is unique and has personal requests and traditions. These requests and traditions are of utmost importance to our staff of licensed funeral directors. Douglas Chester Sensel was born in Hagerstown, MD and grew up in Hancock, MD.

Someone you love has died. You are now faced with the difficult, but important, need to mourn. Mourning is the open expression of your thoughts and feelings regarding the death and the person who died. It is an essential part of healing. The following articles provide many practical suggestions to help you move toward healing in your unique grief journey.

Most of us are not prepared to plan and carry out a funeral ceremony for someone we love. And so much of the information available on this critically important subject fails to focus on what is most important: having a personalized, meaningful funeral that helps families and friends begin the healing process of mourning after the death of someone we love.