Traditional Services

Traditional Services come in all shapes and sizes. They range in price and form; however, whatever your needs, we can provide them. Below is our standard General Price List. We do not believe in packages, so when you come to pre-arrange your funeral or arrange the funeral of someone you loved with us, we can select what you want.

General Price List

Effective as of June 1, 2007, but prices subject to change without notice.

Williford Funeral Home is locally owned and operated and is dedicated to providing those we serve with an affordable and dignified service worthy of the trust and confidence placed in our hands.

The goods and services shown below are those that we can provide to our customers. You may choose only the items you desire. However, any funeral arrangements that you select will include a charge for our basic services and overhead. If legal or other requirements mean you must buy any items you did not specifically ask for, we will explain the reason in writing on the statement we provide describing the funeral goods and services you selected.

Basic Services of the Funeral Director, Staff and Overhead: $1195.00

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 cremations, immediate burials, and forwarding or receiving remains.) This fee includes the following:

  • Personnel available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to respond to initial call.
  • Coordinating service plans with church, cemetery, crematory, airlines, receiving funeral home and/or other parties involved in the final disposition of the deceased.
  • Clerical assistance in the completion of various forms and permits associated with a funeral.
  • This also covers overhead, facility maintenance, equipment, inventory costs, administration expenses, and governmental compliance.
  • 12 Month Grief Counciling program for all family members

Preparation of the Body 

Except in certain special cases, 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 do not want embalming, you usually have the right to choose an arrangement that does not require you to pay for it, such as direct cremation or immediate burial.

Embalming - $495.00

Other preparation

Dressing, Casketing, and/or cosmetizing deceased to include hairdresser or barber. $245.00
Bathing and Handling of the deceased for identification $195.00
Special handling for autopsied cases $125.00
Refrigeration (It is the policy of the firm to require refrigeration of unembalmed bodies after 24 hrs) per day $100.00



Use of Facilities and Staff:

Use of the Facilities and Staff Services for visitation (per day). (Our services include the set-up of visitation area, placement of the encased remains, display of floral arrangements, supervision of and attendance during the visitation) $295.00
Use of facilities for visitation on the same day as the funeral service…...2hrs before service time $200.00
Use of facilities and staff services for a funeral service in the chapel. Our services include coordinating the funeral arrangements, supervision of the funeral, and staff to assist with the funeral ceremony $395.00
Staff services for funeral Service at Other Facility $395.00
Staff and services for memorial service (without the remains present) $250.00
Equipment & staff services for a Graveside Service $250.00


Transportation:

Transfer of the deceased from the place of death to the mortuary (within 50 mi.)Charges are calculated at 1.75 per mile after the 50mi radius $250.00
Funeral Coach (Hearse within 50mi.) $225.00
Family Limousine (within 50 mi.) $150.00
Second Family Limousine (within 50 mi.) $100.00
Service & flower vehicle $125.00
Transportation to or from the airport $175.00
Pallbearer Automobile (Seating Six Pall bearers) $175.00


Forwarding of Remains To Another Funeral Home:

This charge includes the basic services of staff, necessary authorizations, embalming, shipping unit, transportation to the airport (within 50mi.) This charge does NOT include removal, visitation, funeral ceremonies, casket, shipping charges, consular fees and permits for international shipping: $1295.00

Receiving Remains From Another Funeral Home:

This charge includes basic services of staff, transportation from local airport and transportation of remains to cemetery or crematory (within 50mi.) This charge does not include visitation, ceremonies, family limousines: $1050.00

Direct Cremation

If you want to arrange a Direct Cremation, you can use an alternative container. Alternative containers encase the body and can be made of materials like fiberboard or composition materials (with or without an outside covering). The containers we provide are alternative containers, including containers made of cardboard, composition wood fiber and others made of wood.

Our charges for direct cremation (without ceremony) include removal of remains from the place of death (within 50mi.), transportation to the crematory, and basic services of staff. The crematory price is included.

Direct Cremation with container provided by purchaser. $795.00
Direct Cremation with Basic Alternative Container – (Heavy Cardboard container) $895.00
Direct cremation with casket or other container from our facility
(In addition to cost of container or casket)
$795.00


Immediate Burial

Our charges for an immediate burial (with out any ceremony) include removal of remains from the place of death within 50 mi.), transportation to the cemetery, and basic services of staff, Bathing disinfection unembalmed remains

Immediate burial with container provided by purchaser $1295.00
Immediate burial with minimum 20ga. casket selected from our funeral home $2290.00
Immediate burial with cloth covered, particle board casket $1895.00



Alternative Container: $100.00 to $ 4500.00
(Refer to the Casket Price List as provided at the funeral home)

Caskets: $600.00 to $38,000.00

Outer Burial Containers: $1395.00 to $3395.00

Urns: $25.00 to $5675.00



Other Merchandise and Services:

Register Books $40.00
Acknowledgment Cards (per 50) $10.00
Memorial folders(per/100) $30.00
Register Book Package w/Acknowledgment Cards and Memorial Folders
(50 Acknowledgment Cards & 100 Memorial Folders)
$70.00
Prayer Cards (per 100) $35.00
Crucifix $25.00
Ziegler Case (special odor containment case for shipping) $495.00
Combination shipping unit $175.00
Air-tray for USA $100.00
Special international air-trays $200.00
Temporary grave markers $20.00
Men and Women Clothing Available on site. $125.00 - $200.00
Ceremonial Casket: A ceremonial casket is one used several times in which remains to be cremated are placed after first being placed in a cremation insert. $350.00
Cremation insert for the ceremonial casket required by crematory $300.00
Cremation Fee and transportation $395.00

 

Testimonials

"The Lee Family, owners of Lee's Assisted Living Center would like to express their sincere appreciation to Williford Funeral Home of Fuquay-Varina (formerly Suggs Funeral Home) for their heartfelt assistance in our time of loss. Mr Williford and his staff went above and beyond what we consider the "call of duty" and our family would like to publicly express our graditude."

God Bless You,
Tony Lee and Family