Veteran services at Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home
Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home, located in Mineral Wells, TX, assists those who served and their families. In their own words: "Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home offers specialized veterans' services and provides resources such as a "Veterans' Burial Benefits eBook" to assist families with understanding and accessing available benefits." On-site amenities include chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies.
Veteran-related services offered include memorial service, burial services, cremation services, and veterans services. 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 chapel. 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.
The nearest VA national cemetery is Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in TX, approximately 70 miles from Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home. Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
Texas has approximately 1,496 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home is among them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home publish funeral prices?
Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (940) 325-4422, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home is located at 302 West Hubbard Street in Mineral Wells, TX. You can reach the home at (940) 325-4422. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home offer veteran families?
Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home provides traditional funeral service with viewing, visitation or gathering, memorial service, evening/weekend/holiday service, burial services, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home offers specialized veterans' services and provides resources such as a "Veterans' Burial Benefits eBook" to assist families with understanding and accessing available benefits.
Which faith traditions does Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home accommodate?
Staff coordinate services for Baptist, Methodist, Catholic families, among others.
What sets Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home apart
- Over 130 years of continuous operation in Mineral Wells, Texas, since 1892.
- Emphasis on personalized funeral and cremation services to truly honor individual lives.
- Specialization in veterans' services and providing information on Medicaid spend-down for preplanning.
- Staff members are deeply integrated into the Mineral Wells community, with long-standing local ties and active participation in local churches and organizations.
- Historical significance, including Bettie Lattner being the first licensed female embalmer in Texas and the business having the town's first elevator in an earlier location.
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Burial
- · Burial Services
Cremation
- · Cremation Services
On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Industry affiliations
- · Texas State Undertaker’s Association
Specializations
- · Veterans Services
- · Medicaid Spend Down Information
Religious traditions & languages
Religious traditions accommodated: Baptist, Methodist, Catholic. Languages spoken at the home: English.
EverSettled · After the Veteran Funeral
The veteran's spouse may qualify for VA Dependency & Indemnity Compensation.
DIC is a tax-free monthly benefit for surviving spouses, dependent children, and (in some cases) parents of veterans whose death is service-connected. EverSettled walks veteran families through DIC eligibility, survivor pension, life-insurance claims, probate, and the federal-account paperwork that follows.
Begin Veteran Estate SettlementHow 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.