Victoria Crider, of Sikeston, and Renee Gambill, of Jackson, have joined the staff of Ford and Sons Funeral Home and Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery as pre-need consultants.

Crider, who has been affiliated with the funeral home industry all her life, is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University at Richmond. She has been a registered nurse 16 years.

Gambill, has been in the funeral home business four years, including experience as a pre-need counselor at another funeral home.