About Us

In 1880, our great, great grandfather, Simeon Higginson Breeze founded the business that we operate today, based upon the ethos of providing the highest levels of service and facilities.

Our late father, Christopher Williams, maintained these values throughout his working life, building upon those early foundations to create a Funeral Service whose facilities and reputation are known throughout the British Isles. Before his death in 2013, he proudly oversaw the development of Fletcher House in Madeley, which fulfilled his ambition of opening a Funeral Home to serve the families of South Telford. It now compliments our existing offices in Dawley Bank, Shifnal and Lawley.

Along with our mother, Carol, and dedicated team, we constantly strive to continue and build upon the vision of those before us; to provide every bereaved family we serve with the finest levels of service and facilities available. This was recognised in 2011 when we were invited to join the prestigious organisation Selected Independent Funeral Homes, which recognises the finest Funeral Homes Worldwide.

If given the privilege of acting on your behalf, our qualified and experienced team will attend to every detail and ensure that arrangements are carried out efficiently and sensitively to your complete satisfaction.

Simon and Louise Williams

Our Funeral Homes

We are very proud of our Funeral Homes, together with the unrivalled local – and not so local – service we work diligently to provide. You are always welcome to visit our three superbly appointed homes: Argyll House at Dawley Bank, Fletcher House in Madeley and John Williams of Shifnal in Bradford Street, Shifnal. It can be immensely reassuring to get a sense of where your loved-one will be cared for and by whom.

For your complete peace of mind, our premises are fully alarmed and secured for protection, undergoing regular scrutiny, both internally and by the National Association of Funeral Directors. Our Dawley Bank and Madeley Homes offer private chapels of rest for you to visit your loved one in peace and privacy.

Christian Parkhouse

2024-03-03

Adam at CJ Williams was fantastic and made such a difficult time so easy and smooth with such a level of understanding and compassion that I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to any other family going through the pain of losing a loved one. The whole team were amazing and my dad would have loved the Bentleys! I can’t thank you all enough for your exceptional service, thank you.

Hannah Gill

2024-02-07

My stepson passed away New Year’s Day, we asked for cj Williams as the funeral directors, we dealt with leonah from the start of the funeral process to the end she was amazing so empathetic and nothing was too much hassle the funeral was perfect I cannot thank everyone enough for the service we received and a special thankyou to leonah, from the smiths.

Lorraine Parker

2023-09-22

Excellent service very caring. Am so glad we trusted them.

Tracey Grainger

2023-05-12

Organising a funeral was something none of us were experienced in or ready for, we couldn't have asked for better support, we were helped every step of the way and more, during such an emotional period in our lives. A special thank you to Julie.

Victoria Humphries

2022-12-30

I don't normally write Google reviews but I have been so impressed, and touched, by the service that we recently received from CJ Williams when my father died that I felt I had to. Right from the start Lisa and team have gone out of their way to accommodate our wishes, look after us and just been there whenever I had a question. It felt as though I was liaising with friends rather than a business. Thank you for looking after us and being brilliant - it meant a lot.

kerry young

2022-10-23

Thank you to all for looking after us & Tom. from the time you took him to the time we said farewell you treated us with such kindness and reassured us everything would be as we wished and it was! A Massive Thank you to Adam who looked after us. Dad would have been so happy with everything xxxx Thank you 🙏

Trev Hill

2022-10-04

C.J. Williams carried out the funerals for both of my parents. Excellent, professional and sensitive attitude from this firm. The initial discussion was very effective in relieving much of the stress connected with such affairs. The gentleman asked about requirements but was also able to gently make suggestions to allow us to understand the range options available. The drivers of the hearse and limos were also exceedingly professional, even down to opening the doors, explaining the procedures etc. I have no hesitation in recommending C. J. Williams.

Stephen Mynott

2022-06-10

Highley Reccomend C j William's, so professional and caring. Really came to our rescue when we had problems, with a country wide well known Funeral Directors let us down. Cannot praise them enough, There for us all the way. A big Thank you to Lisa and all at CJ William's.

Darren Bishton

2022-03-06

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank Adam and his team for their kindness, professionalism and dedication regarding the death of my father. He passed away four weeks ago, early on a Sunday morning. At this sad and difficult time we contacted C.J Williams who spoke to us about the arrangements required at that time. When Adam and his colleague arrived they dealt with the situation with kindness and compassion. When they removed my father we went into the room after they had left and noted that they had made the bed where he had lay. We were so pleased to see this, as it gave us real confidence that even after his death he would be treated with respect and dignity. During the next few weeks we had regular contact with Adam and we felt confident that all of the details relating to the funeral would be dealt with. We were guided through this difficult process by all of the staff at C.J Williams. On the day of the funeral we were again grateful for all of the support offered and myself and all of the family felt that the professionalism of the staff helped with us all deal with our grieve. This has obviously been a difficult time for the whole family but we felt that my father had a dignified and respectful send off and we are grateful for this. Many thanks for you service

Mel

2021-05-12

Hello Hannah, I would like to say a huge Thank you for your all your help & compassion in helping organise everything for my brothers service today, You take time to get to know the deceased & their family & are very thoughtful & caring in how you help process what has to be done & what is needed for a ceremony 😢. I could not have done any of this for my brother or my dad without your help & support over the last year. You are outstanding at your job & everyone one else that you work alongside makes an amazing team at CJ Williams. Thank you so much for carrying out both my brothers & my dad services. I will be highly recommending you Kind regards Melanie & Family

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