Traditional “Full Service Funeral”

A traditional service for burial, entombment or cremation, is usually the service of choice. At Griffin-Roughton we believe in the traditional funeral, because it best serves the needs of family and friends.

The traditional Funeral Service may be the following:

• Basic services of staff and overhead
• Embalming (includes dressing, cosmetology and other care of the deceased)
• Viewing and visitation
• Funeral service at funeral chapel or church
• Transportation to funeral home from place of death (100 mile radius of funeral home)
• Hearse
• Clergy care
• Family Limousine
• Pallbearer car
• Flower vehicle
• Register book
• Memorial folders
• Acknowledgement cards
• Casket
• Vault or outside container (not required by law)

The traditional Graveside Service may be the following:

• Basic services of staff and overhead
• Embalming
• Viewing and visitation
• Graveside services
• Transportation to funeral home from place of death (100 mile radius of funeral home)
• Hearse
• Register book
• Memorial folders
• Acknowledgement cards
• Casket
• Vault or outside container (not required by law)

The traditional service is a meaningful expression for the family, and it gives friends and associates an opportunity to offer their tributes in the way of flowers or memorials to churches or organizations.

Generally, a member of the clergy or other person chosen by the family conducts a service of remembrance. We encourage the active participation of the family in helping plan this part of the service. Many times family members take part by giving a reading, singing or assisting the clergy.

If the ceremony is held in a church, there is no additional charge. Nor is there an additional charge for arranging and conducting fraternal services.

Direct Burial

The body is buried shortly after death, usually in a simple container. No viewing or visitation is involved, so no embalming is necessary. A memorial service may be held at the graveside or later. Direct burial usually costs less than the "traditional," full-service funeral. Costs include the funeral home's basic services fee, as well as transportation and care of the body, the purchase of a casket or burial container and a cemetery plot or crypt. If the family chooses to be at the cemetery for the burial, the funeral home often charges an additional fee for a graveside service.

Cremation

When a family chooses to have a cremation service they still have a number of options to select from. The family can select to have a traditional funeral service with cremation to follow services. They can select to have a private family viewing at the funeral home with a formal visitation in the evening for friends. The family may select to have a private family viewing and then cremation. Others choose to have direct cremation, where the body is cremated shortly after death. The family can also select an urn for the cremains. With these services the family may choose also to have a graveside service or memorial service at a later date. The cremains can be buried, entombed, taken home, or scattered in a favorite spot.