Cooke Funeral Home & Crematorium

Veteran services at Cooke Funeral Home & Crematorium

For veterans in Cedar Grove, WV, Cooke Funeral Home & Crematorium coordinates military honors and burial benefits. In their own words: "Cooke Funeral Home and Crematorium offers specialized Veteran Services, assisting families with arrangements that honor military service. They provide resources related to Social Security benefits, which include information pertinent to veterans and their surviving family members. The Donel C. Kinnard Memorial State Veteran Cemetery, located nearby in Dunbar, WV, is a significant resource for veteran interments." Published pricing lists $4,650 for basic burial and $1,970 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include burial, cremation, green burial, veteran services, 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 columbarium, niches, and urn garden. 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 Donel C. Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetery in WV, approximately 23 miles from Cooke Funeral Home & Crematorium. Cooke Funeral Home & Crematorium can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

West Virginia has approximately 299 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Cooke Funeral Home & Crematorium is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Cooke Funeral Home & Crematorium apart

• Operates its own crematorium with strict identification protocols, including a metal ID disk for each individual.
• Offers specialized pet cremation services through Cooke Pet Crematorium, established in 2007.
• Provides green burial options for environmentally conscious families.
• Facilitates crowdfunding for funeral expenses and assists with immediate funding from life insurance policies.
• Offers comprehensive preplanning services with transferable arrangements and prepay options to protect against inflation.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Catholic, Pentecostal (UPCI), Church of God, Presbyterian, Baptist, United Methodist, Church of Christ, Independent Christian.

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.