Aaron and Burney Bivens Funeral Home

Veteran services at Aaron and Burney Bivens Funeral Home

Aaron and Burney Bivens Funeral Home, located in Orange park, FL, assists those who served and their families. In their own words: "The funeral home provides comprehensive veteran services, including assistance with veteran headstones and burial flags. They offer a specialized Veteran's horse carriage ride and sunset service, as highlighted in a family testimonial. Burney Bivens, a co-founder, is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, bringing personal understanding to these services." On-site amenities include chapels, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $3,590 for basic burial and $1,495 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include burial services, cremation services, veteran services, memorial service, earth burial, and above ground burial. Each service is coordinated with the family and, where applicable, with the deceased's last unit or branch honor detail.

On-site facilities of note include chapels. These spaces accommodate full military honors details, family gatherings before and after the service, and the placement of the United States flag during the visitation period.

Published pricing at Aaron and Burney Bivens Funeral Home: direct cremation from $1,695. That places direct cremation roughly 6% above the Florida median ($1,595). Veterans who served on active duty for at least 24 months may qualify for VA burial allowance to offset funeral costs — this home accepts assignment of those benefits where eligible.

The nearest VA national cemetery is Jacksonville National Cemetery in FL, approximately 26 miles from Aaron and Burney Bivens Funeral Home. Aaron and Burney Bivens Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Florida has approximately 1,014 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Aaron and Burney Bivens Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Aaron and Burney Bivens Funeral Home apart

• Community education programs on estate planning, property distribution, and advance directives.
• Specialized Veteran's horse carriage ride and sunset service.
• Daily grief support messages delivered via email for a year following services.
• Owned and operated by a father-son team, with the father (Burney Bivens) also practicing law and being a U.S. Navy and Marine Corps veteran.
• Offers a wide array of burial options including earth burial, entombment, above-ground burial, and natural burials.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Catholic, Protestant Christian, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism. Languages spoken at the home: English.

Branches of service supported

Based on the home's stated services and specializations, Aaron and Burney Bivens Funeral Home has documented experience supporting the following branches:

How honors are coordinated

Military funeral honors are guaranteed at no cost for any veteran discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. The funeral home arranges the honors detail by contacting the deceased's last unit or the nearest active-duty installation of the appropriate branch and submitting the DD-214 to verify eligibility.

For requests less than 72 hours from service time, families can call the Department of Defense's expedited honors line at 1-877-MIL-HONR (1-877-645-4667). See the full honors protocol.