Briggs Funeral Home

Veteran services at Briggs Funeral Home

Briggs Funeral Home in Denton, NC supports veteran families with military funeral arrangements. In their own words: "Briggs Funeral Home provides comprehensive support for veterans and their families, assisting with VA burial benefits, military funeral honors, and the necessary application processes. This includes guidance on eligibility for burial in a VA national cemetery for veterans, service members, spouses, and dependents, as well as information on receiving burial flags and headstones or markers. The staff helps complete forms for non-service-connected burial allowances and service-connected benefits." On-site amenities include denton chapel and candor chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $4,795 for basic burial and $1,895 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include veteran services, cremation services, traditional funeral service followed by cremation, memorial service, and graveside service. 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 denton chapel, candor chapel, and mountain view memorial 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.

Published pricing at Briggs Funeral Home: direct cremation from $1,595. That places direct cremation roughly 14% below the North Carolina median ($1,850). 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 Salisbury National Cemetery Annex in NC, approximately 22 miles from Briggs Funeral Home. Briggs Funeral Home 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. Briggs Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Briggs Funeral Home apart

• Family-owned and operated since 1910, with a continuous legacy spanning over a century.
• Operates Rex Furniture Company alongside the funeral home, a unique combination of businesses.
• Owns and operates Mountain View Memorial Gardens, a perpetual care cemetery in Denton.
• Offers Aquamation (water cremation) as an eco-friendly alternative, noted as a unique service in the area.
• Provides life celebrants to lead services when clergy may not be chosen, ensuring personalized ceremonies.
• Offers a year of weekly grief messages to support families through their healing process.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Baptist, United Methodist, Global Methodist, Primitive Baptist, United Pentecostal, Episcopal. Languages spoken at the home: English.

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.