Get Started With Cremation Planning

The items below are free of charge when you inter in a VA cemetery:

  • Opening/Closing of a grave
  • Concrete grave liner
  • Spouse's grave
  • Spouse Opening/Closing of a grave
  • Spouse concrete grave liner
  • Headstone or marker with inscription
  • Presidential Memorial Certificate
  • Marker Medallion (if buried in private cemetery)
  • Veterans space or burial plot
  • Perpetual care of gravesite
  • Gravespace or columbarium option available for ashes

In addition SouthCare can arrange for military honors, and obtain a flag for the family.

  • Services of licensed professional staff specializing in cremation services and celebrations of life

  • Transfer from the place of death into our care (within a 40-mile radius)

  • Embalming

  • Dressing, Casketing & Cosmetizing

  • Use of Facility and Staff for Visitation Service (1-2 hours prior to service)

  • Use of Facility and Staff for Funeral Service

  • Cremation performed in our company-owned crematory by one of our trained crematory staff

  • Death certificate procurement

  • Life Tribute on our website

  • Services of licensed professional staff specializing in cremation services and celebrations of life

  • Transfer from the place of death into our care (within a 40-mile radius)

  • Cremation performed in our company-owned crematory by one of our trained crematory staff

  • Use of facility and staff for the memorial service

  • Death certificate procurement

  • Life Tribute on our website

  • Services of licensed professional staff specializing in cremation services and celebrations of life

  • Transfer from the place of death into our care (within a 40-mile radius)

  • Use of facility for private identification for immediate family members, up to 30 minutes, during normal business hours

  • Cremation performed in our company-owned crematory by one of our trained crematory staff

  • Death Certificate Procurement

  • Online assistance available

  • Transfer of your loved one from the place of death into our care (within 40 mile radius)

                     An additional charge of $195 will be added to the contract for transfers made after 6pm and before 7am.

  • Minimum Alternative Container

  • Cremation fee

  • Cremation performed in our company-owned crematory by one of our trained crematory staff

  • Filing of death certificate with vital records

You can save $400 on the Funeral Service, Memorial Service and Private Family Identification Packages and lock in your price for all services at the time you purchase your membership.
If you are already a Member, you will receive a $400 Discount on the plan with the exception of Athens where you will receive a $99 discount - if package is $855 and you're a member (paid $99 previously), you would pay $75.