Spare your family
Without a plan, a family makes dozens of decisions in a few days, under grief and time pressure. A written plan takes that weight off them.
Funeral preplanning, explained plainly
Planning your funeral wishes now means the people you love will not have to guess, or make dozens of hard choices in the hardest week of their lives.
Without a plan, a family makes dozens of decisions in a few days, under grief and time pressure. A written plan takes that weight off them.
Burial or cremation, the service, the music, the readings, who should be told. A conversation can be forgotten; a plan on paper cannot.
A funded plan can lock funeral goods and services at today’s prices. Some third-party costs, such as cemetery charges, may not be included.
Call or send a note. A real person answers, listens, and answers your questions. Most first calls take about 15 minutes.
You choose what matters to you, at your own pace, and every detail is written down. You do not have to decide everything at once.
Your wishes are on file with the funeral home you choose, and you can update them as life changes.
An advertised price is usually one line of an arrangement, not the whole of it. Every funeral home must give you its itemized price list when you ask, under the FTC Funeral Rule.
You should see the whole picture before you decide anything.
You do not need a perfect file before your first call. A short list of what to gather makes the conversation easier.
Most first calls take about 15 minutes. No pressure, no obligation.
Tell Duane a little about your situation. He will reply personally by email or phone, even if you are outside North Carolina.