Veteran services at Dodd & Reed Funeral Home
Dodd & Reed Funeral Home is a funeral home in Webster Springs, WV that accepts veteran families and provides military funeral honors coordination through the Department of Defense honors program.
Published pricing at Dodd & Reed Funeral Home: direct cremation from $2,160. 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 West Virginia National Cemetery in WV, approximately 57 miles from Dodd & Reed Funeral Home. Dodd & Reed Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
What families have said
Recent reviews from families who used Dodd & Reed Funeral Home. Reviews are sourced from Google Places and shown verbatim — we do not edit or filter for sentiment.
“Did my uncle's funeral, very sad loss for the family. The customer service is the best, better than the people who did my great gradmas funeral wich charged 2000 dollars upfront for the low end services.”
“Good experience here.”
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“Would not recommend this funeral home. Matt told my mother he would call her when my father's ashes came back. He did not! I had to call them. When I did call them, they had said my father's ashes were back but they was busy. They said they would call the following day. They never did. Instead they called my sister first Instead of my mother and allowed my sister to have my father's ashes before my mother. So I had to call them because they didn't call my mother, they told me they didn't get back with my father's ashes til late the night before Instead of earlier in the day like they had first told me. Now my mother has to deal with the life insurance company after Matt telling my mother it was his responsibility to call them. So someone at that funeral home are liars and don't know what they are doing and I wouldn't take anyone there.”
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.