Pugh Funeral Home

Veteran services at Pugh Funeral Home

Veteran families in Asheboro, NC can turn to Pugh Funeral Home for honors and benefit coordination. In their own words: "Pugh Funeral Home explicitly offers Veteran Services as a specialization. Staff members, such as Monroe Kidd, are U.S. Navy and Vietnam Veterans." On-site amenities include chapel, suited to flag presentation and honors ceremonies. Published pricing lists $3,840 for basic burial and $2,895 for direct cremation. The non-declinable service fee is $2,795. Veterans may qualify for county or federal allowances toward these costs.

Veteran-related services offered include cremation services, veteran services, graveside service, memorial service, and permanent memorialization. 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, columbarium, and new hope memorial gardens. 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 Pugh Funeral Home: direct cremation from $3,320. That places direct cremation roughly 79% above the North Carolina median ($1,850). 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 Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in NC, approximately 48 miles from Pugh Funeral Home. Pugh Funeral Home can coordinate transport, scheduling with the cemetery's interment office, and the timing of military honors with the receiving committal shelter.

North Carolina has approximately 845 licensed funeral homes serving its population, of which a subset specifically lists military funeral honors and VA benefits assistance among their services. Pugh Funeral Home is among them.

Frequently asked questions

What sets Pugh Funeral Home apart

• Established in 1857, demonstrating a long-standing presence and experience in funeral service.
• Operates five funeral home locations and one memorial garden, offering broad regional coverage.
• Provides a year of daily grief support emails to families.
• Offers online memorials for sharing memories, photos, and condolences.
• Creates personalized tribute videos from family photographs.
• Specializes in Veteran Services and extensive personalization of funeral arrangements.

Military & veteran services offered

Burial & cremation services

On-site facilities

Affiliations & specializations

Religious traditions & languages

Religious traditions accommodated: Baptist, Methodist, Christian (non-denominational), Catholic, Quaker (Friends). Languages spoken at the home: English, Spanish.

Branches of service supported

Based on the home's stated services and specializations, Pugh Funeral Home has documented experience supporting the following branches:

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.