Veteran services at Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services serves veteran families in Greenwood, SC with military funeral planning. In their own words: "Blyth Funeral Home is an Exclusive Thirteen Folds Provider and offers specialized services for veterans. Their Oakbrook Memorial Park features 'The Hillside Garden,' a dedicated ground burial section for members of the armed forces, veterans, and first responders, offering both upright monuments and bronze markers." On-site amenities include in-house chapel crematory and chapel mausoleum, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists a quoted rate for basic burial and $3,817 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.
Veteran-related services offered include cremation services, honoring veterans, mausoleum cremation niches, and traditional burials. 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 in-house chapel crematory, oakbrook memorial park, and chapel mausoleum. 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 M.J. Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery in SC, approximately 30 miles from Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
South Carolina has approximately 460 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services is among them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services publish funeral prices?
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (864) 223-2223, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services is located at 1425 Montague Avenue in Greenwood, SC. You can reach the home at (864) 223-2223. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services offer veteran families?
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services provides full range of services, cremation services, funeral services, honoring veterans, mausoleum cremation niches, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Blyth Funeral Home is an Exclusive Thirteen Folds Provider and offers specialized services for veterans. Their Oakbrook Memorial Park features 'The Hillside Garden,' a dedicated ground burial section for members of the armed forces, veterans, and first responders, offering both upright monuments and bronze markers.
Which faith traditions does Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services accommodate?
Staff coordinate services for Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal Holiness, Episcopal families, among others.
What sets Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services apart
- Oldest continuously operating business in Greenwood County, established 1884.
- Pioneered state-of-the-art embalming techniques in South Carolina.
- Built the first motorized hearse in South Carolina (1916 Ford Model T).
- First full-service facility in Greenwood specifically built as a funeral home (1977).
- Greenwood's only in-house chapel crematory.
- Exclusive Thirteen Folds Provider for veterans.
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Burial
- · Traditional Burials
Cremation
- · Cremation Services
- · Mausoleum Cremation Niches
On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Industry affiliations
- · Selected Independent Funeral Homes
Specializations
- · Thirteen Folds Provider
Religious traditions & languages
Religious traditions accommodated: Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Pentecostal Holiness, Episcopal. 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.