Veteran services at Davis & Davis Funeral Home
For veterans in Stanton, KY, Davis & Davis Funeral Home coordinates military honors and burial benefits. In their own words: "Wells Funeral Home provides comprehensive veteran services, including completing applications for all veterans’ benefits such as Military Honors, Presidential Memorial Certificates, and veteran memorial markers or headstones. They coordinate existing paid pre-plan funding benefits, assist with necessary documentation for honors, and can coordinate with national or state veterans’ cemeteries. Services include professional funeral director and staff services, transfer of the deceased, professional care, cremation services, use of mortuary facilities for visitation or gathering, funeral or memorial ceremonies, use of automotive equipment, and online interactive memorial websites. Eligibility for benefits generally requires an honorable discharge from active duty or the Selected Reserve." Published pricing lists a quoted rate for basic burial and $2,350 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.
Veteran-related services offered include cremation, memorial ceremony, veteran services, and military honors. Each service is coordinated with the family and, where applicable, with the deceased's last unit or branch honor detail.
The nearest VA national cemetery is Camp Nelson National Cemetery in KY, approximately 40 miles from Davis & Davis Funeral Home. Davis & Davis Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
Kentucky has approximately 552 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Davis & Davis Funeral Home is among them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Davis & Davis Funeral Home publish funeral prices?
Davis & Davis Funeral Home has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (606) 663-9480, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Davis & Davis Funeral Home located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Davis & Davis Funeral Home is located at 777 West College Ave. in Stanton, KY. You can reach the home at (606) 663-9480. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Davis & Davis Funeral Home offer veteran families?
Davis & Davis Funeral Home provides cremation, funeral ceremony, memorial ceremony, veteran services, military honors, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Davis & Davis Funeral Home help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Wells Funeral Home provides comprehensive veteran services, including completing applications for all veterans’ benefits such as Military Honors, Presidential Memorial Certificates, and veteran memorial markers or headstones. They coordinate existing paid pre-plan funding benefits, assist with necessary documentation for honors, and can coordinate with national or state veterans’ cemeteries. Services include professional funeral director and staff services, transfer of the deceased, professional care, cremation services, use of mortuary facilities for visitation or gathering, funeral or memorial ceremonies, use of automotive equipment, and online interactive memorial websites. Eligibility for benefits generally requires an honorable discharge from active duty or the Selected Reserve.
Which faith traditions does Davis & Davis Funeral Home accommodate?
Staff coordinate services for Baptist, Catholic, Church of God of Prophecy, Methodist families, among others.
What sets Davis & Davis Funeral Home apart
- Generational family ownership and operation since 1961, with current owner Megan Wells Curtis being the granddaughter of the founders.
- Owner Megan Wells Curtis is also a licensed funeral director since 2004 and serves as the Powell County Coroner.
- Comprehensive veteran services, including assistance with benefit applications, military honors, and memorial arrangements.
- Provision of extensive grief support resources, including daily email affirmations and access to external organizations specializing in grief and end-of-life care.
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Cremation
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On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Specializations
- · Veteran Services
Religious traditions & languages
Religious traditions accommodated: Baptist, Catholic, Church of God of Prophecy, Methodist. 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.