Edwards Funeral Home
201 North 12th Street. P.O. Box 3
Fort Smith, AR 72902
(479)782-8203


Edwards Van-Alma Funeral Home
P.O. Box 1345, 4100 Alma Highway
Van Buren, AR 72956
(479)474-5081

"Someone Understands" is a free eight week grief recovery program, led by Dr. Terry Polensky. Over the past ten years, this program has assisted many grieving families in getting through their loss. Someone Understands is set up with groups of 8-10 people, which meet once a week for eight weeks. This group setting allows people to see that there are others with the same feelings, as they work through the grief process.


We realized the importance of this program, after receiving a thank you note from a lady who had just completed her last meeting with Dr. Polensky. She said very simply, " Terry Polensky saved my life, and I cannot thank you enough for sponsoring such a great program."