Our people
Our experienced team at Thomas Bragg & Sons Funeral Directors will treat you with kindness, respect and professionalism. We will take the time to listen to your wishes and gently guide you through the funeral process before, during and after the service.
Our funeral directors and arrangers will work with discretion and empathy to ensure arrangements run smoothly, so you are able to remember and celebrate the life of your loved one positively in the way you choose.
Meet the team:
Ian Sommerville
Area Development Manager
After leaving school Ian enlisted in the Royal Marines and served in Northern Ireland, the first Gulf War and Kurdistan. After 14 years’ service he moved to the IT industry working as a trainer before promotion to the Product Manager overseeing development, support, sales, implementation and Account management. Ian then became the North American Sales Manager for a company designing and selling high-end architectural ironmongery helping to secure and implement several high-profile contracts.
After moving back to the Midlands in 2012 Ian began his career in the funeral industry and joined Thomas Bragg & Sons Funeral Directors in March 2017.
He has 3 children and enjoys sport, music, reading and socialising with friends and family.
Victoria Fallon
Funeral Director
Victoria has always wanted to be a Funeral Director from a young age and joined Thomas Bragg & Sons Funeral Directors in 2016. She previously worked in the care sector which has helped her support families in her role as a Funeral Director.
Victoria takes great pride in helping families at their time of need to make their loved ones send off one that they deserve.
She will always try to personalise a funeral for a family and make anything possible to meet the more unusual funeral requests she receives. She strongly believes that a befitting send off for a loved one helps greatly with the grieving process.
Peter Barrett
Funeral Funeral Director
Peter joined Thomas Bragg & Sons Funeral Directors in December 2018 as a Funeral Director after working for 18 years as a senior FSO for another funeral directors.
He says ” I am looking forward to my new role and making a difference for our families.”
In his spare time he helps with re-homing retired greyhounds.
Tribsa Pyatt
Funeral Arranger
Tribsa is Birmingham born; having worked within the funeral profession previously she joined Thomas Bragg & Sons Funeral Directors in December 2017.
She says “Helping families at the most difficult time of their lives knowing you have provided a professional and quality service which is tailored to their family makes my job rewarding”.
Out of work she enjoys travelling and going on adventures with her family.
Kayleigh Hughes
Funeral Arranger
Kayleigh started working for Thomas Bragg & Sons Funeral Directors in 2016 and has vast customer service experience from previous job roles in estate agency and hospitality. The thing she enjoys most about her role as an arranger is looking after families and helping them through what is a very difficult time in their lives. Kayleigh holds a music degree and has achieved grade 8 for singing.
Chris Clark
Funeral Arranger
Chris was born in Coventry in 1991. After leaving school at 16, he went on to work as an Funeral Administrator andwent onto become a Funeral Service Operative and served within the Coventry, Leamington and Warwickshire areas and later expanded into Solihull and Birmingham.
At the age of 24 he became a Funeral Director over three branches based within the Solihull and Birmingham districts and served families throughout various communities, including Coventry, Leicester and Warwickshire.
Chris joined Thomas Bragg & Sons Funeral Directors in June 2017 and is currently working as a Funeral Arranger and Administrator at the Shirley branch. In his spare time, Chris enjoys running, cycling and spending time with family and friends.
Debbie Harris
Funeral Arranger
Debbie was born and raised in Coventry. After leaving school, she began her working life as a secretary at Massey Ferguson and later went on to start a family. She went on to raise four children as a housewife.
As her children grew up, she returned to education to study Beauty and Holistic therapy at Mid Warwickshire College and following success, went on to run her own business as a beauty therapist.
After 15 years working in this background, she changed career path and began working in the funeral service industry.
She gained extensive experience working at a local funeral directors in Coventry and later went on to work for the local crematorium.
Debbie joined Thomas Bragg & Sons Funeral Directors in October 2018.
Outside of her working life, Debbie enjoys walking, swimming, going on family holidays and socialising with friends and family.
