Riley Funeral Home            Dedicated to Faithful Service

Basic Services of Funeral
Director and Staff.  Our charge includes consultation with the family or responsible party; staff and facilities to respond to initial requests for service; coordinating service plans with cemetery, crematory and/or other parties involved in the final disposition of the deceased; securing official documents and necessary registrations and sheltering of the deceased. This fee for our basic services and overhead will be added to the total cost of the funeral arrangements you select. (This fee is already included in our charges for direct cremation, immediate burial and forwarding or receiving remains.)
Other accommodations considered in this service fee are:
• Newspaper notification
• Veteran ‘s Benefit Assistance
• Acknowledgment to sender(s) of floral offering(s)
• Notification to Social Security
• Coordination with cemetery/crematory officials
• Notary Services
• Insurance claim assistance
• Death certificate filing and procurement
Embalming is not required by law. Embalming may be necessary, however, if you select certain funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with viewing. If you refuse embalming, you usually have the right to choose an arrangement, which does not require you to pay for embalming, such as a direct cremation or immediate burial.
When embalming is not chosen, the alternative of refrigeration affords you to delay disposition, A refrigeration fee will apply when an unembalmed body is to be held in our facility.
Other Preparation of the Deceased Includes bathing, hairdressing and haircuts, cosmetology, dressing and placement of the deceased in the casket. Acknowledging that each of us has our own choice of clothing, hairstyles, and makeup, every effort will be made to comply with your wishes regarding these choices.

Our facilities and staff are available to you and your family and friends from 8:00 am. until 9:00 p.m. This is a onetime fee. Coffee will be available at all times.

For Funeral Ceremony or Church

We pledge to have our staff in place for services in our facility one hour prior to service time. Parking lot attendants will assist family and friends arriving for the service. The staff time for a committal service at the cemetery is included, and there will not be any overtime charges by us for services held on a Sunday or holiday.

Facility and Staff for Memorial Service
A memorial service is simply a funeral ceremony without the physical presence of the body whether in our facility or your place of worship. All details associated with the service shall be coordinated including seating arrangements, parking, the greeting and direction of attendees, floral arrangements, and floral delivery.
 

Equipment and Staff for Graveside Service

A service is considered “at the graveside” when this is the only ceremony conducted when planning a funeral service. We will be in a position to receive your family and friends at the graveside, one-hour prior to service time. All funeral staff and equipment for the graveside service is included.
 

Transportation
Unless otherwise noted, all transportation charges contained in this General Price List apply to local area only (within 25-mile radius of funeral home).
Transfer of Remains to Funeral Home
Hearse for Transportation
to Place of Disposition
Lead Sedan
Flowers/Administrative
 

It  is important to think about what kind of service you would like when you die. You need to let your family and your funeral home know what type of funeral you desire. Making plans in advance helps to ease confusion and decision making at the time of need for your surviving family.

We offer two different ways to keep your service desires:

NON-FUNDED PRE-ARRANGEMENTS

With non-funded pre-arrangements, you simply let the funeral home know what your wishes are when you die. They will keep a record of the information that they can share with your family when you die. No money is paid and the arrangements have no legal mandates.

FUNDED PRE-ARRANGEMENTS

Simply put, funded pre-arrangements are the arrangements you make with the funeral home to pay for your funeral in advance.

We offer two ways to do this:

INSURANCE FUNDED PRE-NEED CONTRACTS

An insurance funded contract will cover the full cost of the contract funeral if the purchaser were to die before the contract is fully paid off.

In order to qualify for an insurance funded contract, the purchaser/insured must answer certain health questions asked by the insurance provider. If a person is in poor health, and answers the questions accordingly, and dies within the two year contestability period from date of contract issue, the insurance company has the right to not pay the funeral bill.

Monthly payments are higher on an insurance funded contract depending on the age and health of the insured.

The contracts can be paid out over 3, 5, or 10 year plans.

ANNUITY FUNDED PRE-NEED CONTRACTS

An annuity contract is what we call a "dollar for dollar" contract. It can be paid monthly in payment amounts of the purchasers choice until the contract is paid off. But, only money paid into the policy will be put towards the funeral at time of need. In other words, if the purchaser pays in $1,000 on a $2,000 policy and then dies before paying the balance, only the $1,000 paid in will be credited towards the funeral bill. The unpaid balance of the contract will be due at the time of need.

This option is good for people in poor health or people who can't afford a high monthly payment but want to start paying for their funeral now.

The Texas Department of Banking provides consumers with additional information on the purchase of prepaid funeral benefits. See their website at www.prepaidfunerals.texas.gov

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