FAQ: Burial Services

Our prices are gladly disclosed here on our website. Generally a funeral, consisting of services provided by us, the funeral home, ranging from care of the deceased, transportation, and facilities for the vitation and ceremony, can cost around $5000 or more depending on the services and merchandise selected. Cemeteries sell cemetery spaces as does Jenkins Cemetery. To be specific, ask your funeral director at Jenkins Funeral Home to help you with pricing information according to your wishes.

Embalming is only required in certain circumstances, such as a service with viewing. Embalming is one of the most important services we offer, because of what naturally happens to a body after death. Embalming provides sanitation, preservation and restoration to the body. In cases of direct cremation where no viewing is requested, embalming may only become necessarry when there is a delay to cremate.

We are the only local funeral provider to disclose pricing online. Quality caskets at Jenkins start at around $1000 with the average around $2500.00. There's no secret here. We price our caskets very reasonably so you can take comfort that you will not be overspending at Jenkins.

Today, modern cemetery grounds are well-groomed, with vast expanses of green grass. A burial vault protects this pristine view, ensuring there is no sign of burial plots "settling". Certainly the vault also protects the casket; but the primary role of a burial vault is to protect the beauty of the cemetery environment and ensure your safety while visiting. Essentually, it provides you with Peace of Mind and keeps the ground from sinking.

The funeral home will put a temporary marker on your loved one's grave, but it is only intended as a placeholder until a permanent headstone or grave marker is set in place. You should ask us about a permanent memorial made of granite or bronze. In most cemeteries, it can be an upright or flat marker or monument. Ask us about your options regarding permanent memorials. We sell bronze or granite markers.

Jenkins Funeral Home will help you select the permanent memorial that is right for you and fits your budget. We specialize in granite memorials and also sell bronze markers. 

When selecting a burial space at Jenkins Cemetery, you are agreeing to buy your marker at Jenkins where we promise the best price possible. Our cemetery is private and for the use of anyone using Jenkins Funeral Home. 

When you make arrangements for the direct or Immediate burial of an individual, we are expediting their interment. When an immediate burial is chosen, there will be no funeral, memorial service or celebration-of-life; instead, we provide the physical care of the deceased and then take care of the burial. After burial we notify the family so they may visit the finished grave.

Your funeral director will complete and file the death certificate, obtain signatures on any required permits or authorizations, helps you select a cemetery in which to inter your loved one, as well as a casket and burial vault. He or she will oversee the physical care of the deceased: they will be dressed in clothes you've provided (or purchased from us), casketed, and then escorted to the cemetery for immediate burial. This same individual will witness the burial and provide you with copies of all pertinent papers for safekeeping.

Rather than having a service in a church or our  funeral home chapel, and then adjourning to the cemetery for the burial; some families choose to gather solely at the cemetery. There, they are led through a ceremony prepared by a clergy person or celebrant and witness the in-ground committal of their loved one's casket. If the idea of a graveside service appeals to you, speak with your funeral director about your options.

Like any other purchase in life, payment is due upon the purchase of the item being purchased unless other arrangements are made. We require payment at the time of arrangements or before services are rendered. Excpetions to this is when special financing is being arranged or an insurance policy is being used. We accept all major credit cards, cash, check, pre-need policy or insurance assignment. 

Perhaps you'd like to ask a friend or family member to do so; maybe it's something you would like to do. Or perhaps you'd rather turn the duty over to your funeral director. He or she is experienced in obituary writing, and would be delighted to relieve you of the task; so don't hesitate to ask us to craft a suitable obituary.