The Christian Pallbearers Society was formed in the 1930s within several of South Florida's black communities as a means to insure that subscribers burial costs would be covered.

Pompano was the third community to create such an organization in Broward County, after Fort Lauderdale and Dania. Mr. Cheatham Moore is said to have been the local founder.

The Society collected weekly "dues," often a quarter or less, and would then provide burial services for those who had paid into the collective fund. Pompano's Westview Cemetery, on Copans Road, was established by the local Christian Pallbearers Society.