Christopher King's Funeral Home

Veteran services at Christopher King's Funeral Home

For veterans in Chester, SC, Christopher King's Funeral Home coordinates military honors and burial benefits. In their own words: "Christopher King's Funeral Home offers specialized services for veterans, including assistance with filing necessary paperwork for Social Security and Veterans Administration benefits. They also provide information regarding veterans' headstones and burial flags." On-site amenities include chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists a quoted rate for basic burial and $1,400 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include memorial service, burial, cremation, and veterans services. 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 and columbarium. 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 Fort Jackson National Cemetery in SC, approximately 48 miles from Christopher King's Funeral Home. Christopher King's Funeral Home 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. Christopher King's Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Christopher King's Funeral Home apart

• Operated by a third-generation funeral director, State Representative John Richard Christopher King.
• The only funeral home in Chester County carrying the King name that is managed by a descendant of the late Mayor Chris King.
• Offers over 100 years of combined expertise in the funeral industry.
• Specializes in honoring a wide range of faiths and customs.
• Provides dedicated Veterans Services, including assistance with headstones and burial flags.
• Offers a year of daily grief support messages via email to families.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Baptist, African Methodist Episcopal Zion (A.M.E. Zion). 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.