Callaway-Jones Funeral Home

Veteran services at Callaway-Jones Funeral Home

Veteran families in Bryan, TX can turn to Callaway-Jones Funeral Home for honors and benefit coordination. In their own words: "Callaway-Jones Funeral Home and Crematory provides specialized services for veterans and their families, including coordination of military honors for services held at local churches, cemeteries, or VA National Cemeteries. They assist with filing for veteran funeral benefits and offer expertise as Veteran Cremation Specialists. The funeral home's facilities, including the video immersion wall, are utilized to create impactful memorials for veterans. They also provide information on burial benefits in national and private cemeteries, guidance on advance planning, and details on donating burial flags." On-site amenities include reception space and parking, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $5,585 for basic burial and $2,295 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include memorial service, burial, and cremation. 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 restever memorial park cemetery. 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 Callaway-Jones Funeral Home: direct cremation from $2,295. That places direct cremation roughly 15% above the Texas median ($1,995). 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 Houston National Cemetery in TX, approximately 73 miles from Callaway-Jones Funeral Home. Callaway-Jones 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. Callaway-Jones Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Callaway-Jones Funeral Home apart

• Operates the newest, cleanest, and most spacious funeral home and crematory in Bryan & College Station.
• Features an on-site crematory with 3 crematories and over 12,000 cremations completed since 1987, overseen by 4 CANA Certified Crematory Operators.
• Offers a Magnolia Cremation Suite with an optional viewing window for families to be present during the cremation process.
• Provides the largest walk-in cooling care center within a 75-mile radius, with 24/7 video surveillance for security.
• Specializes in Texas A&M themed services and coordinates body donations to the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine.
• Employs a Certified Life Celebrant, Dawn Lee Wakefield, to create personalized, non-traditional tributes.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Methodist, Evangelical Free Church, Catholic.

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.