Questions families ask us

It is $1,750, all-inclusive. That covers the transfer of your loved one from anywhere within 50 miles of Dallas, refrigerated care, the cremation container, the crematory fee, filing the death certificate, the cremation permit, and one standard urn. The price is the same for every family.

No. The only charges on top of the $1,750 are government pass-throughs billed at cost with no markup — certified copies of the death certificate (about $21 for the first and $4 for each additional in Dallas County) and, in an unattended death, any medical examiner release fee the county sets. You hear any such figure before you owe it.

A cremation carried out without a viewing, visitation, embalming, or a formal service beforehand. Your loved one is transferred into our care, the paperwork is filed, the cremation is performed, and the ashes are returned to you. If you want a memorial, you are free to hold one on your own terms afterward.

A licensed transfer team reaches you within 60 to 90 minutes anywhere in the DFW metroplex — a home, a hospital, a hospice, or a care facility. We operate from Greenville Avenue in north Dallas and answer the phone live at any hour, including holidays.

Typically 7 to 14 days. We return them to your home, or you can pick them up from us — your choice. A standard urn is included in the $1,750.

Two things set the pace. Texas law requires a 48-hour wait after death before any cremation. And the death certificate must be signed by the attending physician, hospice medical director, or medical examiner and filed with Texas Vital Statistics before the county will issue the cremation permit. That signature is the single most common reason a cremation takes eleven days instead of seven.

Texas Health and Safety Code § 711.002 sets a priority order — usually the surviving spouse, then adult children, then parents, then siblings. Whoever holds that authority signs the cremation authorization. When you contact us we help you work out where you sit in that order before anything is signed.

An unattended or unexpected death in Dallas County is referred to the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences, the county medical examiner. We cannot collect your loved one until they release the body, and no provider can shorten that. Once released, we proceed normally at the same $1,750.

No. A cremation container is included in the $1,750, and embalming is neither performed nor required for a direct cremation. There is nothing further to purchase unless you later choose a keepsake urn, which is always optional.

Yes. A direct cremation does not close the door on remembrance — many families gather for a memorial in the weeks that follow, once the ashes are home. We do not sell memorial services, so there is no pressure to book one; we can refer you to a venue or officiant if you ask.

We serve everything within 50 miles of Dallas, covering Dallas, Collin, Denton, Tarrant, and Rockwall counties — including Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Irving, Richardson, Arlington, and Fort Worth. Transfer inside that range is included in the price. See the full service area for details.