Brown-McClay Funeral Homes provides Funeral Services, Pre-Arrange Funeral Services, Cremation Services, Caskets, Urns, Vaults and Keepsakes to the Bristol Vermont Area The first funeral business in Bristol was established by Mervin P. Varney in 1878 in connection with a furniture store located in a building where the Ben Franklin Store on the south side of Main Street now stands in the Patterson Block. Lee and Cynthia take pride in ownership and are pleased to be able to provide comforting individual personal assistance for their clients through trying times.