Veteran services at Boone Family Funeral Home Inc
Veteran families in West Jefferson, NC can turn to Boone Family Funeral Home Inc for honors and benefit coordination. In their own words: "Boone Family Funeral Home offers specific services for Honoring Veterans, as listed among their service options." On-site amenities include chapel and protected family parking garage, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $5,890 for basic burial and $2,500 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.
Veteran-related services offered include cremation services, cremation options, and honoring veterans. 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 Mountain Home National Cemetery Annex in TN, approximately 50 miles from Boone Family Funeral Home Inc. Boone Family Funeral Home Inc can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
North Carolina has approximately 845 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Boone Family Funeral Home Inc is among them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Boone Family Funeral Home Inc publish funeral prices?
Boone Family Funeral Home Inc has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (336) 846-7979, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Boone Family Funeral Home Inc located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Boone Family Funeral Home Inc is located at 2005 Mount Jefferson Road in West Jefferson, NC. You can reach the home at (336) 846-7979. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Boone Family Funeral Home Inc offer veteran families?
Boone Family Funeral Home Inc provides service options, cremation services, cremation options, personalization & products, payment center, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Boone Family Funeral Home Inc help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Boone Family Funeral Home offers specific services for Honoring Veterans, as listed among their service options.
Which faith traditions does Boone Family Funeral Home Inc accommodate?
Staff coordinate services for Christian (Baptist, Nondenominational Christian) families, among others.
What sets Boone Family Funeral Home Inc apart
- Established Ashelawn Memorial Gardens in 1960, the area's first and only memorial park.
- Built the first funeral home on cemetery grounds in North Carolina in 1972.
- Offers a unique, fully enclosed, protected family parking garage, providing shelter from the elements.
- Provides an unconditional 'Boone Family Guarantee' on fair prices, staff, facilities, and services, with a commitment to reduce or eliminate ceremony charges if dissatisfied.
- Historically provided ambulance and medical transport services, and fire/rescue dispatch in the 1950s and 60s.
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Cremation
- · Cremation Services
- · Cremation Options
On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Industry affiliations
- · North Carolina Funeral Directors Association
- · National Funeral Directors Association
- · International Order of the Golden Rule "OGR"
Specializations
- · Veterans Services
- · Medicaid Planning
- · Irrevocable Funeral Trusts
- · Social Security Benefits
- · Pre-Arrangements
Religious traditions & languages
Religious traditions accommodated: Christian (Baptist, Nondenominational Christian). 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.