Wells Funeral Services : Liberty, Texas (TX) (2024)

FAQs

How much does a simple funeral cost in Texas? ›

Casket: Between $2,000 and $5,000. Service: About $1,500 to $3,000. Burial: Buying a plot can cost from $1,000 to $4,000. Digging a grave might cost around $500 to $1,000.

While Texas law says that the decedent's estate is liable to pay for most of the decedent's funeral costs, the funeral home or provider may include language in their contract to make the surviving spouse or other party personally liable for these costs.

Funeral Services or Establishments - The Texas Funeral Service Commission regulates and licenses funeral establishments and funeral directors.

Direct cremation is the least expensive way to bury your loves one. It is done respectfully, and gives your and your family time to find the most personal and affordable burial option.

If you cannot afford a burial or cremation, you can sign a form with the county coroner's office and the state will bury or cremate the body for you. This will be at no cost, but you won't have any say in where or how.

Can You Bury a Body at Home in Texas? There are no state laws in Texas prohibiting home burial, but local governments may have rules governing private burials. Before burying a body on private property or establishing a family cemetery, you should check with the county or town clerk for any zoning laws you must follow.

Texas does not require caskets or burial containers.

Texas law allows cremation ashes to be scattered on public and private land as long as the property owner has given his/her consent. Additionally, cremation ashes may also be scattered over water if certain federal regulations are followed.

Regardless, be sure to take into account the care of the body when choosing a day and time to gather. Embalming preserves a body for at least one week or so. Embalming allows families up to seven days or more to reach out to friends and family, and to conduct a formal viewing, funeral and burial service.

If you die without having a written document that appoints someone to make decisions about your remains, then your “next of kin” will have the right to control what happens to your body. In Texas, “next of kin” means your relative(s) in the following order: surviving spouse. surviving adult children.

Does the funeral home create the death certificate in Texas? ›

When a person dies it is the responsibility of the funeral director or person acting as such to file a death certificate (record) with the State of Texas. In Texas the death record must be submitted to the state within 10 days of the date of death.

For many families, direct cremation is the most cost-effective funeral arrangement available. Direct cremation means your loved one's remains are cremated shortly after death without embalming. The average time between death and cremation is only 10 days.

Direct cremation is a simple and affordable alternative to a funeral. The crematorium will collect the deceased and conduct a cremation immediately, with no service (note there are waiting periods in some states). Then they'll return the ashes to you, and you can choose how you'd like to memorialize them.

Most funerals and burial arrangements in the United States cost between $7,000 and $10,000. There is nothing wrong with an expensive funeral if that's what the family wants. But many families that might prefer a simple, dignified ceremony end up with something lavish and costly.

The most affordable funeral option in London is commonly known as 'Direct Cremation'. A direct cremation has no traditional funeral service or formal ceremony performed beforehand and is unattended by mourners.