Direct cremation in Fort Worth — $1,750
Fort Worth is the western edge of the 50 miles of Dallas we cover. It is the longest routine run we make, and the transfer is still included in the $1,750.
From a Fort Worth hospital
The major receiving hospitals include Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth and Baylor Scott & White All Saints in the Near Southside hospital district, JPS Health Network (John Peter Smith Hospital), and Medical City Fort Worth. Each holds a decedent until a named provider arrives.
Tell the nurse you have chosen us and give them our number. Because Fort Worth is a longer drive, calling early helps us time the arrival; we handle the release with the hospital directly.
The Tarrant County paperwork
Fort Worth is the seat of Tarrant County, and the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office is here in the city. An unattended or unexpected death is referred to that office, which decides whether an autopsy is needed and releases your loved one when it is finished.
The death certificate must be signed and filed with Texas Vital Statistics before the county issues the cremation permit, and the state requires a 48-hour wait after death. Certified copies cost $21 for the first and $4 for each additional, passed through at cost.
Across the city
We transfer from across Fort Worth — downtown and the Near Southside, the Cultural District and the West Side, the Stockyards to the north, and the far south and west edges of the city. It is our longest routine transfer, so allow the full 90 minutes; the $1,750 is the same as anywhere closer in.
How long it takes, and what Tarrant County decides
The price does not change from one city to the next — direct cremation is $1,750 whether the transfer starts in Fort Worth or on our own street. What does change is the county. Tarrant County runs its own death-certificate counter and its own permit process, and it is the county that decides whether a death goes to a medical examiner or to a justice of the peace. That single fact is what moves a cremation timeline by days.
Everything else is fixed by state law rather than by us or by Tarrant County. Texas forbids a cremation earlier than 48 hours after death unless the wait is waived, and nothing can begin until the person with the legal right to control disposition has signed. Most families here see ashes returned within one to two weeks of the first call.
The same price, the whole metroplex
Fort Worth sits inside the five counties we cover within 50 miles of Dallas. The transfer is included wherever you are inside it. See what the $1,750 includes, the full service area, or how to reach us.
Fort Worth questions
How much is direct cremation in Fort Worth?
It is $1,750, all-inclusive, anywhere in Fort Worth. That covers transfer, refrigerated care, the container, the crematory fee, permits, the death-certificate filing, and a standard urn.
Fort Worth is far from Dallas — is transfer still included?
Yes. Fort Worth is the western edge of the 50 miles of Dallas we cover, so the transfer is included in the $1,750. It is our longest routine run, so allow the full 90 minutes.
Where is the medical examiner for Fort Worth?
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office is in Fort Worth itself. An unattended death is referred there, and we cannot collect your loved one until that office releases the body.
Calling from Fort Worth?
A person answers, at any hour. Tell us where your loved one is and we will start from there.