General Price List

Professional Services

$1495

• 24 hours per day, 365 days per year availability of a funeral director and or staff members to respond to initial request for services, arrangement conference with family or responsible party, and coordinating the arrangements for the service, tribute or gathering.
• Staff to advise, assist and recommend appropriate personalization or individualization of the services to commemorate the unique life of your loved one.
• Clerical assistance in the completion of various forms associated with a service, such as Social Security, Veterans Benefits, and insurance documentation.
• Obtaining and recording biographical information and statistical data.
• Preparation and transmission of obituary notice/editorial tribute in newspaper(s).
• Death certificate preparation, filing and securing the necessary permits, authorizations, consents and assignments.
• Initial caretaking and sheltering of the deceased for the first 24 hours.
• Coordination with those providing other services such as a hospital, nursing facilities, assist living, home/hospice facilities, doctor's office, medical examiner/coroner's office' cemetery, vault services, our crematory, clergy/celebrant, organist, pianist, soloist and other involved in the services and final dispositional/memorialization.
• Administrative services, insurance, facility maintenance, utilities expenses, taxes, legal and accounting fees, record keeping, equipment and inventory expenses and governmental compliance. (OSHA, ADA, etc.)
  

Embalming

$650

Embalming is a chemical process that provides temporary preservation of the body and eliminates certain health hazards. The cleansing and replacement of an acceptable “memory picture” is part of the embalming process. This procedure must be completed by a licensed embalmer certified by the state of Georgia. Except in certain special cases, embalming is not required by law. Embalming may be necessary. However, if you select certain funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with viewing. If you do not want embalming, you

usually have the right to choose an arrangement that does not require you to pay for it. Such as, Simple Cremation or Immediate Burial.

• Other preparations $300 (bathing, disinfecting, setting features, dressing, casketing, minor cosmetics)
• Readjustment, repositioning, reapplication of cosmetics following the receiving of deceased from another home $300
• Additional procedures of autopsied / bone donor remains $250
• Reconstruction and extensive trauma repair additional $100
• Refrigeration (per day; after initial 24 hours) $ 50

We believe the services of the funeral home are essential for the family to grieve properly. A personalized service provides a time to say goodbye and just as important, a time for family and friends to remember and pay tribute to a life lived. Everyone leaves a legacy, and it is that legacy that needs to be commemorated.

Visitation or Viewing

$250

This fee is for 2 hours of visitation or viewing at our facility, a church or cemetery.

Funeral or Memorial Service

$350

This charge is for the use of our facility for a funeral or memorial service. (2 hour minimum)

Graveside Service

$350

This charge is for the funeral staff and equipment for a graveside service. This does not include opening/closing, cemetery staff and/or cemetery equipment

Funeral or Memorial Service at Alternate Location

$350

This charge is for the funeral staff and equipment for a funeral or memorial service at an alternate location other than the funeral home chapel.

Cremation Viewing

$350

This charge is for a 10-15 minute period for up to 4 family members during business hours to view the cremation process.

Transport of decedent to the funeral home $350

Use of funeral hearse $300

Specialty family vehicles $ Exact Charge

Funeral home utility vehicle $250

Transport of decedent to/from Atlanta Airport $300

Forwarding remains to another funeral home 

$2,720

This charge includes basic professional services of the funeral director and staff, removal and transfer of the deceased to the funeral home, embalming, transportation to the Atlanta airport and an airtray (shipping tray) for casketed remains. (An additional administrative and storage fee of $650 will be aded to international Forwarding of Remains)

Certain merchandise (casket, shipping container, etc) may be required by the country into which the remains are shipped. You will be informed of those requirements.

*This service does not include airfare charges, taxes and cash advance items.

Receiving remains from another funeral home 

$2,045

This charge includes basic professional services of the funeral director and staff, transportation from the Atlanta airport, hearse to destination, and readjustment, repositioning, and reapplication of cosmetics.

*This service does not include the use of our funeral home and staff for visitation, ritual, ceremony, or any other service. Nor merchandise not specifically listed. Does not include cemetery, opening/closing of grave, and grave liner.

Courier Service Death Certificates

$75

This charge includes our staff to personally deliver the death certificate(s) to you within a 40 mile radius.

Courier Service Cremains

$125

This charge includes our staff to deliver cremains from our facility to the authorized person(s) or facility listed on the Cremation Authorization Form (all transports are based on a 40-mile radius. All transports over 40 miles will have a $3.00 per mile charge.)

Shipping of Death Certificates

$35

This charge includes of our staff to mail death certificates via certified mail to your residence within the U.S. Delivery outside of the U.S will vary depending on the destination.

Shipping of Cremains

$150

This charge includes our staff to mail cremains from our facility to your designated address via USPS (within the U.S). Shipments outside of the U.S will vary depending on the destination.

Immediate Burial

$2,795

This package includes basic professional services of the funeral director and staff, overhead costs; preparation and filing of the death certificate; transfer of the deceased to the funeral home; washing, disinfecting, dressing, and casketing of the deceased; hearse services to the cemetery; and supervision of burial at a local cemetery. (Casket, vault, memorial package, opening/closing of the grave, and cash advances not included.)

Traditional Church or Chapel Funeral Service

$3,695

This package includes the basic professional services of funeral director, staff, and overhead costs; preparation and filing of the death certificate; transportation of your loved one into our care; embalming; dressing; hair and cosmetics; use of facilities for viewing 2 hours prior to the funeral and the funeral ceremony or supervision of viewing and funeral ceremony at a church; vehicles to a local cemetery; and committal or other disposition service. (Casket, vault, memorial package, opening/closing of the grave, and cash advances not included.)

Graveside Service

$3,445

This package includes the basic professional services of the funeral director, staff, and overhead costs; preparation and filing of the death certificate; transportation of your loved one into our care; embalming; dressing; hair and cosmetics; ceremony at the gravesite; vehicles to a local cemetery; committal or other disposition service. (Casket, vault, memorial package, opening/closing of the grave, and cash advances not

included.)

Simple Cremation

$975

This charge includes the basic professional services of the funeral director and staff, transportation of the

decedent to the funeral home, cremation fee, cremation container (minimum cardboard container).

Services also included:

• Consultation with family by funeral director
• Securing all necessary permits and authorizations for cremation
• Obituary posting on our website/social media outlets for family to share with friends/loved ones.
• Assistance in placing funeral notices in newspapers (charges by newspaper not included).
• Assistance in filing for Veteran’s benefits.
• Notification made to Social Security of the passing of your loved one.
• Filing and obtaining requested certified death certificates (Charge by State for certified copies of death certificates are not included).
• Cremated remains returned in a hard plastic temporary container.

*This price does not include cash advance items such as death certificates, funeral notices, honorariums, flowers, etc.

Final Goodbye Viewing with Cremation

$1,995

This charge includes the basic professional services of the funeral director and staff, transportation of the decedent to the funeral home, cremation fee, cremation container (minimum cardboard container), black temporary container for cremains, arrangement conference, bathing, dressing, cosmetology, use of our facility for a private family viewing (1 hour) with a maximum of 10 people.

*This price does not include autopsy/bone donor/reconstruction repair cases.

Traditional Chapel Service with Cremation

$4,995

This charge includes the basic professional services of the funeral director and staff, transportation of the decedent to the funeral home, cremation fee, cremation container (minimum cardboard container), arrangement conference, embalming, dressing, cosmetology, casketing, use of our facility for visitation, use of our facility and services of the funeral director and staff in supervising and directing a funeral service in our chapel. This package also includes the use of a cremation rental casket and hard plastic temporary container for cremated remains.

*This price does not include a memorial package, limousine, sales tax or cash advance items such as death certificates, funeral notices, honorariums, flowers, etc.

Traditional Church Service with Cremation

$5,295

This charge includes the basic professional services of the funeral director and staff, transportation of the decedent to the funeral home, cremation fee, cremation container (minimum cardboard container), arrangement conference, embalming, dressing, cosmetology, casketing, use of our facility for visitation, use of our facility and services of the funeral director and staff in supervising and directing a funeral service in a church or other facility, hearse and driver for local transport of the deceased to the church and return to the funeral home/crematory, transportation of flowers from funeral home to the church or other facility. This package also includes the use of a cremation rental casket and hard plastic temporary container for cremated remains. *This price does not include a memorial package, limousine, sales tax or cash advance items such as death certificates, funeral notices, honorariums, flowers, etc.

Cremation with Memorial Service in our facility

$2,445

This charge includes the basic professional services of the funeral director and staff, transportation of the decedent to the funeral home, cremation fee, cremation container (minimum cardboard container), arrangement conference, use of our facility for visitation and use of our facility and services of the funeral director and staff in supervising and directing of a memorial service. This package also includes the hard plastic temporary container for cremated remains.

*This price does not include a memorial package, sales tax or cash advance items such as death certificates, funeral notices, honorariums, flowers, etc.

Cremation with Memorial Service in other facility

$2,745

This charge includes the basic professional services of the funeral director and staff, transportation of the decedent to the funeral home, cremation fee, cremation container (minimum cardboard container), arrangement conference, services of the funeral director and staff in supervising and directing a memorial service in other facility/church, hearse for transportation of cremains to facility for service and a hard plastic temporary container for cremated remains.

*This price does not include a memorial package, limousine, sales tax or cash advance items such as death certificates, funeral notices, honorariums, flowers, etc.

• Caskets Range from $595 and up
• Use of Rental Casket Range from $1200 and up
• Caskets for Cremation Range from $150 and up
• Outer Burial Container Range from $1095 and up
• Urns (Full Size, Miniature & Infant) Range from $50 and up
• Thumbies Keepsakes Prices change daily
• Thacker Jewelry Prices change daily
• Standard Memorial Package Range from $125 and up (Includes Register Book, Memorial Folders, 4 Laminated Bookmarks)
• Prayer Cards (per 100) $100
• Customized Service Programs (First 100 printed) Range from $50 and up
• Laminated bookmarks (4/sheet) Range from $10 per sheet and up
• Laminated Obituary Notice ($5 ea./ min of 4) $ 20
• DVD Memorial Tribute 1-60 pictures $95 60-120 pictures $170
• Video Taping $300 and up
• Organist, Pianist and/or soloist, clergy Range from $150 and up
• Hairdresser (coloring will be added) $100
• Crematory’s Minimum Cremation Container (Transporter) $150
•  Air Tray (To encase casket for air transport) $275
• Combination Container for Airlines $275
• Care Pouch for Transfer of Deceased (Body Bag) $120
• Forwarding of Cremated Remains (one day express mail) $150 and up
• Certified mailing of Death Certificates $25
• After hours (6pm-8am) and Holiday removal fee $150
• Second staff for removal $55
• Rush Cremation, Cremation on Holidays $250
• Obituary writing  $50
• Death Certificates $25 for 1st certified copy ($5 for each additional certified copy)
• After Hours/Holiday/Weekend Fee (New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day) $250