Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens

Veteran services at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens

Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, located in Roanoke, VA, assists those who served and their families. In their own words: "Blue Ridge Funeral Home provides dedicated services for veterans, including arranging for an honor guard and the playing of Taps. Their funeral directors ensure that every veteran is honored in a manner befitting their service and offer support to their families." On-site amenities include flexible chapel space and chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies.

Veteran-related services offered include cremation services, burials, cremation memorialization, green burials, and veterans funerals. 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 flexible chapel space, chapel, scattering garden, and cremation gardens. 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 Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery in VA, approximately 45 miles from Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

Virginia has approximately 579 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens is among them.

Frequently asked questions

Does Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens publish funeral prices?

Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (540) 366-6574, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.

Where is Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?

Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens is located at 5737 Airport Road Northwest in Roanoke, VA. You can reach the home at (540) 366-6574. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.

What services does Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens offer veteran families?

Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens provides traditional funerals, cremation services, celebrations of life, burials, cremation memorialization, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.

Does Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens help veterans with VA burial benefits?

Blue Ridge Funeral Home provides dedicated services for veterans, including arranging for an honor guard and the playing of Taps. Their funeral directors ensure that every veteran is honored in a manner befitting their service and offer support to their families.

Which faith traditions does Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens accommodate?

Staff coordinate services for Asian Traditions, Buddhist, Catholic, Hispanic Traditions, Hindu families, among others.

What sets Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens apart

Unified location for cemetery and funeral home services, opened in 2024, offering convenience for families.
Personalized memorial services tailored to individual lives, including themed events and custom tributes.
100% Service Guarantee and Lifetime Flexibility on prepaid plans through Dignity Memorial affiliation.
Certified celebrants available to create personalized services reflecting individual lives.
Green burial options emphasizing environmental sustainability.
24/7 availability for immediate needs and advance planning assistance.

Military & veteran services offered

★Cremation Memorialization

★Veterans Funerals

Burial & cremation services

Burial

· Burials
· Green Burials

Cremation

· Cremation Services

On-site facilities

· Flexible Event Space

· Modern Funeral Home

· New Building

· Flexible Chapel Space

· Chapel

· On-site Cemetery

· Scattering Garden

· Cremation Gardens

· Outdoor Event Venue

· Audio and Video Equipment

· Arrangement Room

· Cafe Area

· Mausoleums

Affiliations & specializations

Specializations

· Cremation Services
· Personalized Memorials
· Celebrations of Life
· Veterans Funerals
· Multicultural Funerals
· Green Burials

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Asian Traditions, Buddhist, Catholic, Hispanic Traditions, Hindu, Muslim, Christian (Protestant), Jewish, Black Funeral Traditions. Languages spoken at the home: English, Spanish.

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.

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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.