Taylorville resident Mike Assalley bought Shafer and Perfetti Funeral Home in Taylorville, along with Perfetti Funeral Home in Morrisonville, Panama, and Sorento earlier this year. Since then, Assalley has been doing renovations and that culminated with a ribbon cutting Friday morning at the Taylorville location.

Assalley says there has been a lot of work done to the building in Taylorville, inside and out.

Assalley says his goal for the funeral homes are to provide the best in all that they do.

Assalley says he has always had family in the funeral business, and he takes pride in being a part of the Taylorville community and all of the communities he serves.