Pre-Planning Benefits

What steps are involved?
We will meet with you and assit you in determining your funeral preferences. We will explain your options and guide you in establishing your own plans. You should find the advice of your family, clergy, and your funeral consultant especially helpful when considering the options. We will record vital information and guide you in gathering documents for the required forms. Next, you can select a casket, burial vault, and other merchandise associated with the services. Finally, you may pay for the services and merchandise ahead of time through our generous funding program.

What will the pre-arranged funeral service cost? 

The cost is a matter of your choice but whatever your choices, you will find enormous value in our packages. All of your selections and options are featured in our itemized pricing guide. This guide provides factual information concerning each item and its price. In any event, you can be sure that our pricing is quite competitive with the most economical quality funeral homes in the area.

Who Qualifies?

We believe strongly in the concept of saving loved ones from unecessary emotional stress, painfull decisions and financial burdens. Therefore, for those who share this philosphy we provide very liberal financing. We have never refused anyone financing. We do not even run credit reports. If someone wants to fullfull their responsibility to their families, we will provide an avenue for them to do so. We have programs that will be comfortable for virtually everyone.

Pre-Planning Advantages... Increasing Death Benefits 

Every life is worth celebrating and every life has touched numerous others. The last chance any person has to make a statement to the people they love the most is through their own funeral services and how they prepared for them. The service can be as simple or as elaborate as one wishes. The important thing is that it reflects your personal values and removes the burden from those you love the most. Perhaps the greatest message a preplanned arrangement can make is simply removing the uncertanty from the minds of the survivors. If you did it yourself, then the plan was perfect and no one has to wonder if they did the right thing.

Of course there are other practical benefits as well.

• It freezes costs at today's prices and provides for significant savings.
• It protects your assets including life insurance so they can be used as ther were intended, to assist those you love with the resources needed to carry on without you.
• Preplanning also reduces costs because it protects loved ones from engaging in emotional overspending.
• Preplanned arrangements with Dignity provider can also be used in any one of thousands of other Dignity Providers throughout North America giving a family flexibility should they ever move from the Gulf Coast area.
• Preplannig allows people to ask intelligent probing questions that lead to smarter decisions.

Preplanning gives the customer the opportunity to share thoughts and decisions with children or other family members and to get input and opinions which are often unavailable during the rushed and hectic hours immediately following a death. 

How can I start Pre-Planning?

Our funeral home staff member will meet with you at a time that is convenient, and assist you in recording your wishes. You choose everything you want for your funeral: the type of funeral service, casket, burial vault, music, and flowers. Important obituary information will be recorded. Once you have made your selections, you will learn the payment options available to you. A record of your selections will be kept on file at the funeral home until needed.