Desmond L Bannon & Sons Family Funeral Directors

Desmond L Bannon & Sons is a family-run funeral directors owned and run by the Bannon family, including Andrew, Laurence, Avril, Michael, and Sarah Bannon. The business was established in 1920 on Smithdown Road in Culshaws. It operates offices and chapels of rest at 6 locations throughout Liverpool. It is one of the only independent family funeral directors left in Liverpool.

Andrew and Laurence Bannon strive to uphold their father's legacy. The company operates a fleet of luxury Jaguar limousines and hearses. It also has an exclusive Rolls Royce fleet. It offers a full range of funerals from the most elaborate arrangements to the simplest. It provides a children's funeral service free of charge for those up to 16 years of age. The legal entity is Desmond L Bannon & Sons LTD.

People facing the loss of a parent or sibling, and in some cases two young women with no idea how to organise a funeral, form the steady stream of families this Liverpool firm supports. Michelle recurs across the accounts as the member of staff who guided arrangements with warmth, patience and a calm manner, and she is described as an asset to the funeral home. Michael Bannon is named for the professionalism he brought to the day of a service, while Lawrence, Mike and Dave are thanked for standing beside mourners and making the occasion as personal as they could.

A theme that emerges again and again is the consistency of the care, from the first conversation to the funeral itself, with staff going beyond what was required of them. Families also mention the chapel of rest, where relatives felt their loved one was looked after, and the supportive presence of Carol, Cath and Robert during the arrangements and afterwards. The cost was viewed as competitive, and several messages express deep gratitude for support that never wavered.