Veteran services at Peaceful Garden Funeral Home
Peaceful Garden Funeral Home serves veteran families in Pecos, TX with military funeral planning. In their own words: "Peaceful Garden Funeral Home offers comprehensive support for veterans and their families, including assistance with VA burial benefits, securing military honors, obtaining headstones, exploring burial at sea options, understanding private cemetery benefits, and acquiring military medals and certificates. They also provide a dedicated guide, 'The American Veterans’ Guide to VA Funeral, Burial, & Memorial Benefits,' to help families navigate these processes." Published pricing lists $5,815 for basic burial and $2,895 for direct cremation. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.
Veteran-related services offered include cremation services, memorial services, online memorials, and veteran benefits assistance. Each service is coordinated with the family and, where applicable, with the deceased's last unit or branch honor detail.
Published pricing at Peaceful Garden Funeral Home: direct cremation from $2,895. That places direct cremation roughly 45% 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 Fort Bliss National Cemetery in TX, approximately 175 miles from Peaceful Garden Funeral Home. Peaceful Garden 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. Peaceful Garden Funeral Home is among them.
Frequently asked questions
What does a funeral at Peaceful Garden Funeral Home cost for veteran families?
From its published general price list, direct cremation starts at $2,895. 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 Peaceful Garden Funeral Home located, and can it coordinate a veterans cemetery burial?
Peaceful Garden Funeral Home is located at 116 West 4Th Street in Pecos, TX. You can reach the home at (432) 445-3457. Staff can coordinate burial with nearby VA national and state veterans cemeteries.
What services does Peaceful Garden Funeral Home offer veteran families?
Peaceful Garden Funeral Home provides funeral services, cremation services, memorial services, grief support, pre-planning services, and can arrange military funeral honors for eligible veterans.
Does Peaceful Garden Funeral Home help veterans with VA burial benefits?
Peaceful Garden Funeral Home offers comprehensive support for veterans and their families, including assistance with VA burial benefits, securing military honors, obtaining headstones, exploring burial at sea options, understanding private cemetery benefits, and acquiring military medals and certificates. They also provide a dedicated guide, 'The American Veterans’ Guide to VA Funeral, Burial, & Memorial Benefits,' to help families navigate these processes.
What sets Peaceful Garden Funeral Home apart
- On-site cemetery grounds for convenient arrangements
- Extensive assistance with Veterans' Affairs (VA) burial benefits and military honors
- Specialized grief support, including resources for child loss and a year of daily grief support emails
- Funeral Celebrant Services for personalized, non-religious, or multi-faith ceremonies
- Repatriation of remains services for loved ones who pass away away from home or internationally
- Creation of online memorials and tribute videos
Military & veteran services offered
Burial & cremation services
Cremation
- · Cremation Services
On-site facilities
Affiliations & specializations
Industry affiliations
- · Lindquist Mortuaries and Cemeteries
Specializations
- · Child Loss Support
- · Veterans' Affairs Benefits
Religious traditions & languages
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.