HOPE, Ark.—Rod Halliburton recently was recognized as the Silver Award Winner by the Organization of the Golden Rule, a group of independently owned funeral homes in North America and overseas.Ê “I was very pleased and it was a nice and pleasant surprise. It was a big encouragement and flattering that I was even chosen,” said Halliburton, a student at the University of Arkansas Community College. The recognition brings with it a $1,500 cash award, a commemorative trophy, a certificate and a complimentary registration to the annual conference in Boston, where Haliburton will ...