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  |  atkins Cooper Lyon Funeral Home provides personalized services to meet the personal desires of each family.FUNERAL SERVICES  A traditional service for burial, entombment or cremation, is usually the service of choice. Watkins Cooper Lyon Funeral Home believes that the traditional funeral best serves the needs of family and friends. It allows proper time for grief and mourning. Also, a traditional service can be done with cremation.The traditional funeral service usually includes the following:
Generally, a service of remembrance is conducted by a member of the clergy or other person chosen by the family. 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. CREMATION SERVICES  With the cremation services, we at Watkins Cooper Lyon believe you should be able to choose the type of service that you find most meaningful. That's why our list of services includes many options.Once cremated, a loved one's ashes may be placed in an urn and taken to a final resting place such as a family plot, urn garden, columbarium or a family member's home. Our firm is the first and only facility in this region operating a crematory. This prevents any possible error of the cremation process by subcontractors. Sometimes, cremated remains are divided into several urns. This option works well when loved ones are spread out across the country. Others choose to have their ashes scattered in a special cemetery garden or over land or water (where permitted by law). In this case, a portion of the cremated remains is usually kept in a keepsake urn as a remembrance. Watkins Cooper Lyon offers a scattering Garden for no additional charge. If you choose cremation, a memorial service is appropriate, and recommended. Survivors still need the time and setting to grieve. We offer many types of services specifically for cremations, from simple cremation to a gathering and memorial service. Simple Cremation If limited or no service options are what you seek, then our affiliate branch firm may best serve you. For additional information please click here. You will have the assurance that at Watkins Cooper Lyon Funeral Home you will receive 24 hour attention to detail, even with simpler forms of cremation. ADDITIONAL SERVICES Non-Traditional Burial, Entombment or Cremation without Visitation. For this type of funeral service, you select the services and merchandise from sever itemized options. Private family viewing during office hours (9a.m. to 5p.m., daily except Sunday) is without any additional fee. A private viewing is limited to one hour. Additional charges will be made for a viewing lasting more than one hour or during times other than office hours. A Memorial Service is the same as a traditional service, except the body is not present for the visitation or the funeral. The private family viewing explained above also applies here. Traditional Ship-out allows you to select the type of services and merchandise for local arrangements and then the remains are shipped out of town for final services. Limited Graveside Service is designed for those who want a ground burial with a service only at the cemetery. Itemized options may be selected at the family's discretion. Limited Family Viewing with Shipment is designed for those who want a private family viewing, but no other visitation prior to shipment of the casketed remains. Itemized options are also available to the family. Ship-in Services are for those who want remains shipped to Watkins Cooper Lyon for final services. Itemized options are available. Direct Burial is a service for those who want only a ground burial, without visitation or services. This service is provided at the convenience to the funeral home and cemetery. Itemized options are available. Direct Ship-out is when there is to be no local service and the remains are to be shipped to a funeral home out of town. Direct Cremation is for those who wish the remains cremated without services. Itemized options are available. EMBALMING POLICY Although embalming is not required by law, embalming may be necessary if you select certain funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with a viewing. If you do not want embalming, you have the right to choose an arrangement that does not require you to pay for it, such as direct cremation or immediate burial. If you choose not to embalm, it is our policy to be notified prior to transporting the deceased to the funeral home. A non-embalmed body will be permitted in our funeral home, only at our discretion for not longer than 24 hours. | |
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