Our Team
Willie Matthew – Company Director
1923 – 2018
We celebrated the life of Willie (our Boss / Dad / Grandad) on Friday 7th September 2018.
One of life’s great characters, he will be fondly remembered and sadly missed by all.
Sheila Matthew Milne
Company Director
37 years’ service
Willie’s daughter, Sheila was born in Kirkcaldy and attended Sinclairtown Primary School and Viewforth High School before gaining a degree in Psychology and Business Studies at Edinburgh University.
After working in Personnel at Scottish and Newcastle Breweries, Sheila joined her dad in the funeral business in 1989.
She passed the Diploma in Funeral Directing in 1991 and spent some time working with an all female funeral company in Perth, Australia in 1993.
Sheila is married to Graham and lives in Kinghorn with their dog Mara. Their three grown up children have all flown the nest.
Ross McComiskie
Manager
27 years’ service
Ross joined Crosbie Matthew in 1999 and is proud to be one of the youngest to attain his Diploma in Funeral Directing in 2004.
In 2020 Ross was promoted to Manager, where he organises the logistics and looks after our team.
Ross sits on the SAIF Scotland Executive board which helps Independent Funeral Directors all over Scotland with regulations and guidance.
He was raised in Kirkcaldy attending Capshard Primary School then Kirkcaldy High School. He still lives in the town with his wife Jolene and their sons Callan and Blair, and cheeky little chihuahuas called Pepper and Chilli.
Lauren Matthew
Office Manager /
Memorial Specialist
16 years’ service
Willie’s granddaughter, Lauren has been with Crosbie Matthew since 2010.
Lauren passed her Diploma in Funeral Directing in April 2016 but is not a fulltime funeral director. Lauren is more focused on the memorials, accounts and administration side, which she loves designing and coming up with new ideas for our brochures etc.
In her spare time she enjoys keeping, maintaining and buying new fish/invertebrates for her marine tank. She also loves reading and watching TV series / films.
She lives in Kinghorn with her husband Rennie and dog Bear (a big fluffy / slobbery Newfoundland).
Mark Daly
Senior Funeral Director
21 years’ service
Mark started his career in Bereavement Services back in 1997 as chapel attendant/technician at Kirkcaldy Crematorium. He joined Crosbie Matthew in 2005 and holds a Diploma in Funeral Directing. Mark looks after our Glenrothes funeral home.
Mark lives in the Glenrothes area and he has four sons, one daughter and eleven grandchildren. Oh, and let’s not forget his other boys, Alfie and Leo (the dogs). He enjoys getting out on his motorbike at the weeknights / weekends.
Matthew Morrison
Funeral Director
11 years’ service
Matty joined Crosbie Matthew in 2015 as a Funeral Operative and has quickly become a valuable part of the team.
He is our Company’s first aider.
In his free time he enjoys a round of golf, cutting logs for his log burner and doing odd jobs around the house.
He lives in Kirkcaldy with his partner Phoebe and their beautiful baby girl called Evie born in February 2026.
Devin Maclean
Funeral Director
5 years’ service
Devin left Bell Baxter High School in 2016 and since then she knew she wanted to work in the funeral industry. She joined the Crosbie Matthew team in 2021.
In her spare time, she enjoys going on long walks with her very playful Huskies Tyson and Willow, and loves to see new parts of the world with her fiance, Cameron.
Gavin Scott
Funeral Operative
5 years’ service
Gavin left Kirkcaldy High School in 2001 going on to serve an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering. He joined Crosbie Matthew in 2021 after seeking a career change and seeing our Facebook post advertising for a funeral director that sparked his interest. He has never looked back since.
Gavin was born and bred in Kirkcaldy where he lives with his wife Stacey and his son Josh.
He enjoys getting out on his motorbike at the weekends when the weather’s nice.
Ethan Coxson
Funeral Operative
3 years’ service
Started working in Lorenzos nightclub at the weekends, then behind the bar at the Dean Park Hotel. Before having a full time job at Amazon. He joined Crosbie Matthew in 2023 after seeking a career change. He has never looked back since.
He lives with his girlfriend Alex in the Kirkcaldy area, and has a cute little toddler son called Mylo.
In his spare time he likes to go to the gym (Gym64) and going out with his friends to watch football and playing his PS5.
Carrie Thomas
Mortuary Technician / Embalmer
8 years’ service
Carrie grew up in Edinburgh and began embalming in 2000 as a summer job while she was a student. After gaining her degree in Fine Art from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design she soon realised she was better suited to a career in the funeral industry. She has been working as an embalmer since then and completed her embalming diploma in 2014, joining the Crosbie Matthew team in 2019.
Our ethical approach means that she uses natural and environmentally friendly methods, and only embalms when absolutely necessary.
Carrie lives in Edinburgh with her daughter so spends most of her free time negotiating with a pre-teen.
She is also a keen musician.
Kerry Horsburgh
Administration
27 years’ service
With a History Degree from Edinburgh University Kerry successfully obtained a post graduate diploma in Secretarial Studies. She has worked in administration roles for over 30 years. She joined Crosbie Matthew in 1999 and works part-time supporting the funeral directors in a clerical and administrative capacity.
Kerry and her husband Derek live in Kinghorn. Her grown up son and daughter both live in Edinburgh.
In her ‘spare’ time she plays tennis at both at Kirkcaldy and Kinghorn Tennis Clubs and enjoys swimming and gardening.
Sarah Dixon
Administration
4 years’ service
Sarah joined the Glenrothes team in April 2022 following a varied and diverse career in administration & customer service spanning 7 years.
She lives in Glenrothes with her husband, she has two children, two grandchildren and two dogs Hector and Winston.
In her spare time, Sarah enjoys spending time with her family, walking the dogs, travelling and an afternoon nap.
Elaine Kinghorn
Administration
4 years’ service
Elaine joined the Administration Team on a part-time basis.
She worked with Bank of Scotland for 29 years and from this background she has a lot of experience in Customer Service.
Elaine lives in Markinch with her husband Gary and their adopted cocker spaniel Finn.
In her spare time she enjoys travelling and spending time with family and friends. She has 2 grown up children and enjoys being a dog “grandma” to her daughter’s Beagle Lola.
Connie Dixon
Administration
5 years’ service
Connie graduated from the University with a degree in broadcasting. In between studying, she fulfilled her want for adventure by working in America in a girl scout camp and spending time travelling with friends that she made along the way.
Working as a florist for five years, she took a great interest in the funeral side of her work and eventually moved over to join Crosbie Matthew in 2021.
Connie lives in Glenrothes with her husband, their two beautiful daughters and wee dog.
She enjoys spending time with family, doing yoga and baking.
Lowrie Cross
Administration
Started in May 2026
Lowrie left Inverkeithing High School in 2023. Since a young age she knew she wanted to work in the funeral industry.
Lowrie was born in Rosyth and recently moved in with her partner Joe in Inverkeithing and their cat Keith.
In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family, reading books and baking cakes.
Bob McComiskie
Driver
14 years’ service
Bob joined Crosbie Matthew in 2012 after his retirement from the Ministry of Defence.
Having had a career in the MoD spanning almost 40 years he now enjoys his new found role as a part time Funeral Operative. It’s a perfect fit with his other activities of gardening and DIY.
Bob lives in Kirkcaldy with his wife Lorraine. He has two children and two stepchildren as well as eight grandchildren.
Alex Mackie
Driver
11 years’ service
Alex was born in Kirkcaldy, 1946, educated at the East and North Primary schools and 6 years at Kirkcaldy High School. After a few years working in a biochemistry medical laboratory when he qualified, he joined the family building business in 1974 and after his father retired in 1977 ran the business for 41 years.
He is married to Trish with six sons and twelve grand-children.
After retiring in 2015 and eager to keep working part-time he joined Crosbie Matthew in 2016.
He enjoys assisting in all aspects of a respectful and professional funeral service.
We all live locally, and therefore know and understand the local community. We are all committed to supporting families in the Fife area (eg we have conducted funerals in Kirkcaldy, Cardenden, Auchtermuchty, Kinghorn, Burntisland, Aberdour, Glenrothes, Thornton, Leslie, Kinglassie, Falkland, Freuchie, Dalgety Bay, Rosyth, Inverkeithing, Hillend, Dunfermline, Duloch) and beyond.
As a small, family owned business we do not answer to shareholders and, unlike some larger, corporate concerns, we are not pressured to jeopardise service to increase profits. Crosbie Matthew are proud to be a Funeral Director in Fife.