Heritage Funeral Home

Veteran services at Heritage Funeral Home

Heritage Funeral Home in Van Horn, TX supports veteran families with military funeral arrangements. In their own words: "Heritage Funeral Home - Van Horn provides extensive veteran services, including assistance with obtaining government-furnished headstones or markers, United States burial flags, and coordinating military funeral honors (flag folding, presentation, and Taps). They also guide families through VA burial benefits, memorial items, and eligibility for burial in national cemeteries. A free Veteran's Burial Benefits Guide is offered to help families understand and claim these entitlements." On-site amenities include chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies.

Veteran-related services offered include cremation, traditional burial, and online memorials. 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.

Published pricing at Heritage Funeral Home: direct cremation from $3,985. That places direct cremation roughly 100% 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 Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene in TX, approximately 114 miles from Heritage Funeral Home. Heritage 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. Heritage Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What does a funeral at Heritage Funeral Home cost for veteran families?

From its published general price list, direct cremation starts at $3,985. Eligible veterans can offset these costs with a VA burial allowance, and burial in a VA national cemetery is provided at no charge.

Where is Heritage Funeral Home located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?

Heritage Funeral Home is located at 704 Northwest Frontage Road in Van Horn, TX. You can reach the home at (432) 283-2222. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.

What services does Heritage Funeral Home offer veteran families?

Heritage Funeral Home provides funeral arrangements, pre-arrangements, monuments, pre-planning, grief support, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.

Does Heritage Funeral Home help veterans with VA burial benefits?

Heritage Funeral Home - Van Horn provides extensive veteran services, including assistance with obtaining government-furnished headstones or markers, United States burial flags, and coordinating military funeral honors (flag folding, presentation, and Taps). They also guide families through VA burial benefits, memorial items, and eligibility for burial in national cemeteries. A free Veteran's Burial Benefits Guide is offered to help families understand and claim these entitlements.

Which faith traditions does Heritage Funeral Home accommodate?

Staff coordinate services for Catholic, Methodist, Assemblies of God, Seventh-day Adventist, Baptist families, among others.

What sets Heritage Funeral Home apart

Digital streaming of funeral services for remote participation and recorded viewing.
Specialized Veteran Services, including assistance with VA benefits, headstones, burial flags, and military honors.
Offering unique 'Signature Services' like balloon releases and golf memorials.
Comprehensive grief support, including a year of daily grief support emails and resources for children and adults.
Pre-planning services for funeral arrangements and monuments to accommodate various financial, ethnic, social, and religious needs.

Military & veteran services offered

★Online Memorials

Burial & cremation services

Burial

· Traditional Burial

Cremation

· Cremation

On-site facilities

· Chapel

· Columbarium

Affiliations & specializations

Specializations

· Veterans' Affairs Benefits Assistance
· Child Loss Grief Support

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Catholic, Methodist, Assemblies of God, Seventh-day Adventist, Baptist. Languages spoken at the home: English, Spanish.

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.

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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.