Veteran services at Linville Memorial Funeral Home
Linville Memorial Funeral Home, located in Eclectic, UT, assists those who served and their families. In their own words: "Linville Memorial Funeral Home offers specialized veteran services, including assistance with filing VA insurance claims. Staff member David Headley, a retired Command Chief Master Sergeant from the Air Force Reserve, brings direct experience in serving military families. The funeral home is equipped to arrange military honors as part of a veteran's service." On-site amenities include chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies.
Veteran-related services offered include cremation services, veteran services, memorial service, graveside service, and plant a memorial tree. 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. 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 Utah Veterans Cemetery and Memorial Park in UT, approximately 57 miles from Linville Memorial Funeral Home. Linville Memorial Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.
Utah has approximately 142 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Linville Memorial Funeral Home is among them.
Frequently asked questions
Does Linville Memorial Funeral Home publish funeral prices?
Linville Memorial Funeral Home has not posted a full price list online. Under the FTC Funeral Rule it must provide itemized pricing on request — call (334) 639-4730, and ask how VA burial benefits apply.
Where is Linville Memorial Funeral Home located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Linville Memorial Funeral Home is located at 84632 Tallassee Highway in Eclectic, UT. You can reach the home at (334) 639-4730. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Linville Memorial Funeral Home offer veteran families?
Linville Memorial Funeral Home provides funeral preplanning, funeral prearrangements, traditional services, cremation services, personalization, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Linville Memorial Funeral Home help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Linville Memorial Funeral Home offers specialized veteran services, including assistance with filing VA insurance claims. Staff member David Headley, a retired Command Chief Master Sergeant from the Air Force Reserve, brings direct experience in serving military families. The funeral home is equipped to arrange military honors as part of a veteran's service.
Which faith traditions does Linville Memorial Funeral Home accommodate?
Staff coordinate services for Baptist, Methodist families, among others.
What sets Linville Memorial Funeral Home apart
- On-site crematory, ensuring loved ones remain in their care throughout the cremation process.
- Honors existing funeral pre-arrangements made with any other funeral home.
- Offers a "Plant a Memorial Tree" program for environmental memorialization.
- Provides monument services, including design, cemetery rules guidance, and installation.
- Family-owned and operated with licensed Funeral Directors, Embalmers, and Cremationists on staff.
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Burial
- · Graveside Service
Cremation
- · Cremation Services
On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Specializations
- · Monuments
- · Crematory
- · Funeral Preplanning
- · Funeral Prearrangements
Religious traditions & languages
Religious traditions accommodated: Baptist, Methodist. Languages spoken at the home: English.
Branches of service supported
Based on the home's stated services and specializations, Linville Memorial Funeral Home has documented experience supporting the following branches:
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.