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ALDERWOODS GROUP, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of Alderwoods Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Paul A. Houston, Kenneth A. Sloan and Ellen Neeman, and each of them, acting alone and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of each of the undersigned, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") one or more registration statement(s) on Form S-4 relating to the registration of the Company's 73/4% senior notes due 2012 in connection with the exchange offer of such senior notes, with any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments or supplements, any additional registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 426 promulgated under the Securities Act, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such registration statements or amendments, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required, necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute.
This power of attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original with respect to the person executing it.
Executed as of this 11th day of May, 2005.
| Signature | Title | |
|---|---|---|
/s/ JOHN S. LACEY John S. Lacey | Chairman of the Board and Director | |
/s/ PAUL A. HOUSTON Paul A. Houston | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ KENNETH A. SLOAN Kenneth A. Sloan | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
/s/ LLOYD E. CAMPBELL Lloyd E. Campbell | Director | |
/s/ ANTHONY G. EAMES Anthony G. Eames | Director | |
/s/ CHARLES M. ELSON Charles M. Elson | Director | |
/s/ DAVID R. HILTY David R. Hilty | Director | |
/s/ OLIVIA F. KIRTLEY Olivia F. Kirtley | Director | |
/s/ WILLIAM R. RIEDL William R. Riedl | Director | |
/s/ W. MACDONALD SNOW, JR. W. MacDonald Snow, Jr. | Director |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of each of the entities listed above hereby constitutes and appoints Paul A. Houston, Kenneth A. Sloan
and Ellen Neeman, and each of them, acting alone and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of each of the undersigned, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") one or more registration statement(s) on Form S-4 relating to the registration of Alderwoods Group, Inc.'s 73/4% senior notes due 2012 in connection with the exchange offer of such senior notes, with any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments or supplements, any additional registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 426 promulgated under the Securities Act, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such registration statements or amendments, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required, necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute.
This power of attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original with respect to the person executing it.
Executed as of this 11th day of May, 2005.
| Signature | Title | |
|---|---|---|
/s/ PAUL A. HOUSTON Paul A. Houston | President (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ WILLIAM TOTTLE William Tottle | Vice President and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
/s/ ELLEN NEEMAN Ellen Neeman | Director |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of each of the entities listed above hereby constitutes and appoints Paul A. Houston, Kenneth A. Sloan and Ellen Neeman, and each of them, acting alone and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of each of the undersigned, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") one or more registration statement(s) on Form S-4 relating to the registration of Alderwoods Group, Inc.'s 73/4% senior notes due 2012 in connection with the exchange offer of such senior notes, with any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments or supplements, any additional registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 426 promulgated under the Securities Act, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such registration statements or amendments, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required, necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute.
This power of attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original with respect to the person executing it.
Executed as of this 11th day of May, 2005.
| Signature | Title | |
|---|---|---|
/s/ SHAWN R. PHILLIPS Shawn R. Phillips | President (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ WILLIAM TOTTLE William Tottle | Vice President and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
/s/ ELLEN NEEMAN Ellen Neeman | Director |
ALDERWOODS (TEXAS), INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of Alderwoods (Texas), Inc., a California corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Paul A. Houston, Kenneth A. Sloan and Ellen Neeman, and each of them, acting alone and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of each of the undersigned, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") one or more registration statement(s) on Form S-4 relating to the registration of Alderwoods Group, Inc.'s 73/4% senior notes due 2012 in connection with the exchange offer of such senior notes, with any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments or supplements, any additional registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 426 promulgated under the Securities Act, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such registration statements or amendments, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required, necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute.
This power of attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original with respect to the person executing it.
Executed as of this 11th day of May, 2005.
| Signature | Title | |
|---|---|---|
/s/ SHAWN R. PHILLIPS Shawn R. Phillips | President (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ WILLIAM TOTTLE William Tottle | Vice President and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
/s/ ANDREW J. GAUNTLEY Andrew J. Gauntley | Director | |
/s/ ELLEN NEEMAN Ellen Neeman | Director |
ALDERWOODS (DELAWARE), INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of Alderwoods (Delaware), Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Paul A. Houston, Kenneth A. Sloan and Ellen Neeman, and each of them, acting alone and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of each of the undersigned, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") one or more registration statement(s) on Form S-4 relating to the registration of Alderwoods Group, Inc.'s 73/4% senior notes due 2012 in connection with the exchange offer of such senior notes, with any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments or supplements, any additional registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 426 promulgated under the Securities Act, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such registration statements or amendments, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required, necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute.
This power of attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original with respect to the person executing it.
Executed as of this 11th day of May, 2005.
| Signature | Title | |
|---|---|---|
/s/ PAUL A. HOUSTON Paul A. Houston | President (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ KENNETH A. SLOAN Kenneth A. Sloan | Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
/s/ WILLIAM TOTTLE William Tottle | Director | |
/s/ ELLEN NEEMAN Ellen Neeman | Director |
ALDERWOODS (MICHIGAN), INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of Alderwoods (Michigan), Inc., a Michigan corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Paul A. Houston, Kenneth A. Sloan and Ellen Neeman, and each of them, acting alone and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of each of the undersigned, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") one or more registration statement(s) on Form S-4 relating to the registration of Alderwoods Group, Inc.'s 73/4% senior notes due 2012 in connection with the exchange offer of such senior notes, with any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments or supplements, any additional registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 426 promulgated under the Securities Act, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such registration statements or amendments, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required, necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute.
This power of attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original with respect to the person executing it.
Executed as of this 11th day of May, 2005.
| Signature | Title | |
|---|---|---|
/s/ PAUL A. HOUSTON Paul A. Houston | President (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ WILLIAM TOTTLE William Tottle | Vice President (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
/s/ BARRY BURHHAM Barry Burhham | Director |
ROSE HILLS COMPANY AND ROSE HILLS HOLDINGS CORP.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the entities listed above hereby constitutes and appoints Paul A. Houston, Kenneth A. Sloan and Ellen Neeman, and each of them, acting alone and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of each of the undersigned, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") one or more registration statement(s) on Form S-4 relating to the registration of Alderwoods Group, Inc.'s 73/4% senior notes due 2012 in connection with the exchange offer of such senior notes, with any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments or supplements, any additional registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 426 promulgated under the Securities Act, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such registration statements or amendments, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required, necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute.
This power of attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original with respect to the person executing it.
Executed as of this 11th day of May, 2005.
| Signature | Title | |
|---|---|---|
/s/ KENTON C. WOODS Kenton C. Woods | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ MARY C. GUZMAN Mary C. Guzman | Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) | |
/s/ JEFFERY M. NORDSCHOW Jeffery M. Nordschow | Controller and Assistant Secretary (Principal Accounting Officer) | |
/s/ JOHN S. LACEY John S. Lacey | Director | |
/s/ PAUL A. HOUSTON Paul A. Houston | Director | |
/s/ SHAWN R. PHILLIPS Shawn R. Phillips | Director | |
/s/ KENNETH A. SLOAN Kenneth A. Sloan | Director |
MFH, L.L.C.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of MFH, L.L.C., a North Carolina limited liability company, hereby constitutes and appoints Paul A. Houston, Kenneth A. Sloan and Ellen Neeman, and each of them, acting alone and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of each of the undersigned, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") one or more registration statement(s) on Form S-4 relating to the registration of Alderwoods Group, Inc.'s 73/4% senior notes due 2012 in connection with the exchange offer of such senior notes, with any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments or supplements, any additional registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 426 promulgated under the Securities Act, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such registration statements or amendments, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required, necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute.
This power of attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original with respect to the person executing it.
Executed as of this 11th day of May, 2005.
| Signature | Title | |
|---|---|---|
/s/ PAUL A. HOUSTON Paul A. Houston | President (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ WILLIAM TOTTLE William Tottle | Vice President and Manager (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
/s/ ELLEN NEEMAN Ellen Neeman | Manager |