Jebb Lee Woods (1872-1932) came to Somerville in 1900 and began working for his uncle at the Cowboy Merchant Store, where he sold coffins. In 1911 he became the town undertaker and started the first funeral parlor in the county. Embalming first began in 1914, coffins were purchased from traveling salesmen, and a horse-drawn hearse was used until 1929. After his death, Woods family descendants continued to operate the business, later known as Strickland Funeral Home, Inc., and it remains a family business.