The J.W. Woodward Funeral Home is not only Spartanburg’s oldest black-owned family businesses, but one of the oldest -- period. Today, it serves as an inspiration to other entrepreneurs in the city.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - 109 years and counting, one of Spartanburg’s oldest businesses is a family business. “There were just a lot of things that were not being done for the Black ...

Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences alumna Kay Woodward was never pressured to enter her family’s business, J.W. Woodward Funeral Home Inc. It’s a passion for helping families ...