Funeral Resources

General Funeral Information

The Funeral Consumers Alliance (http://www.funerals.org) acts as a legal watchdog and provides consumers with accurate information.

Funeral Consumers Alliance of the Piedmont (https://www.fcapiedmont.org/)

At-HOme After Death Care

The Sophia Center for Life Studies/Crossings Care (http://www.sophiacenterforlifestudies.org) is a not-for-profit local organization in the NC Piedmont that serves as a resource for planning at-home after-death care.

“The Art of Natural Death Care”: a film by Katelyn LaGrega

The National Home Funeral Alliance (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org) supports family-directed after-death care in the home.

Engraver

Askew-Petersen Monuments in Burlington, NC

The High Cost of Dying

(Estimated average costs for consumers)

  • Modern funeral not including burial, plot marker, flowers or other items: $9,0751
  • Burial plots: $3,500-4,5002:
  • Cremains burial plots: $9952
  • Immediate burial: $1,215-3,4953
  • Home funeral: $0-1,5003
  • Direct cremation: $695-3,1953
  • Cremation with funeral home services: $2,290-6,8403
  • Body donation: Fee varies depending on organization that accepts the body

1. National average per Google, 2019
 2. Comparable NC burial ground, 2019
 3. FCAP Guilford County NC, 2019